Introduction
It is important to learn about atrocities like the Holocaust and to educate those who come after us so that we do not repeat the mistakes of past generations. Completing this WebQuest is a step in that direction. You have been captured by the Nazi soldiers during WWII. You are being held at Auschwitz 
concentration camp. There seems to be no escaping from the camp.
As you meet new people at the camp, you hear there is a secret passage near the railroad coming into the camp.
All you have to do is complete four activities to gain the secret passcode to give the guard to enter the passage and begin your escape. Good Luck!
Task
You will be completing 5 activities to receive a special code. After completing each activity, the teacher will give you a letter towards the code.
Activity 1: Video & discussion
Activity 2: Summarizing
Activity 3: Storyboards
Activity 4: Map Labeling
Activity 5: Acrostic Creations
Some websites you may want to visit to get a better picture of the Holocaust and what Yanek lived through in the concentration camps.
https://www.thoughtco.com/concentration-and-death-camps-map-1779690
http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/videos/prisoner-b-3087
http://www.historyonthenet.com/holocaust-timeline-2/
http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/#.WR2h7WjytPZ
http://westcravenms.weebly.com/ (About WW 11)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16690175 (cool video)
Process
Learning Activity 1--View the 2 videos together.
http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/videos/prisoner-b-3087
Turn and talk to another person: "Would you have survived? Why or why not?"
Learning Activity 2--Reading/Writing/English
Having read Chapters 1-5 of the book Prisoner B-3087, write a summary of each chapter using Google Docs. Make sure you include the Chapter number, 10 sentences for each chapter, and use correct grammar and punctuation.
Learning Activity 3--Art, Reading, Writing, Storyboards
Read Chapters 6-10. After completing each chapter, fill out your storyboard.
- Write one line from the chapter at the bottom of the square. Then design a picture to depict the line.
- On the back of the same square, write 5 facts/details about the chapter.
Learning Activity 4: Social Studies/Map skills
Read Chapters 11-18. After completing these chapters, label the outline map of Europe, label the countries listed on the worksheet attached. Also label the location of the concentration camps from the worksheet. Label with a star and initials for the camp. Use the following resources to help you.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/26/world/nazi-death-camps/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWW2_Holocaust_Europe_map-es.svg
Learning Activity 5: Assignment/Assessment/Summarizing Strategy
Finish reading Prisoner B-3087. Based on all the information you have gleaned from watching the videos, reading the book, summarizing, completing a storyboard, and labeling the map of Europe, create an Acrostic, using the word PRISONER B, to describe this horrific time in history. You can be specific to Jack Gruener (aka Yanek) and the book Prisoner B-3087, or about the Holocaust in general.
Example of acrostic: Challenging mice to dart away
Always bathing my fur to look my best
Tail, twitching and moving to and fro to let you know I'm a sassy CAT!!!
Evaluation
Activity 1: Building Background Understanding
Students will have watched the videos and discussed the idea of whether they would have survived like Jack (Yanek).
Activity 2: Summarizing
Completion of the summaries. Correct spelling and grammar.
Activity 3: Art /Reading/Writing ~STORYBOARDS.
Completion of each square
Scoring
- 3 points for picture and line from the novel
- 2 points for the neatness and coloring on front of paper
- 5 points for 5 facts on the back of the box. Points will be taken off for spelling and grammar errors.
Activity 4: Map Labeling
Completion of each item for labeling and correct location and directions followed.
*Students will have earned the letters needed for the passcode to free them from the concentration camp, if they've completed the 1st four activities successfully.
Activity 5: Acrostic Creation
Creation of an acrostic using the word PRISONER B, detailing and using text evidence to support my own ideas and feelings about the concentration camps used during the Holocaust.
Conclusion
You have completed all the assignments for this webquest! Congratulations!
Now that you are free to give the pass code to the guard at the escape entrance, you can escape to the outside of the camp. But be careful, many people in the country still hate Jewish people and may turn you back in to the Nazis for a reward. Best of luck in you future. Try to help others escape the concentration camps by referring them to this webquest.
Credits
-Thanks to Kelly McFadden ~ Hayes Middle School, St Albans, WV, for the idea of this webquest. I had to adjust and revise the ideas to fit our Learning Focused Lesson plans in NC for my 7th grade students.
-Thanks to Mrs. Coombs for allowing me to work with her 7th grade students.
-Thanks to the students who work so hard at school every day!!