Introduction Teacher Resources Student Resources Project Main Menu  Web-Based Thematic Unit: Number the Stars - Teacher Resources  This web-based thematic unit has a wide range of activities. On this page you'll find an overview of the unit as well as lesson outlines and links to student activities. Establishing the Learning Environment Create a bulletin board and table displaying World War II books and artifacts. Create a photo album of pictures you've printed from the Internet. Resources Collect a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and reference print resources. Collect fiction and nonfiction books related to World War II. Locate a video on the Diary of Anne Frank. Collect a variety of software Print Shop, Kidpix, or other graphics software Mapmaker by Tom Snyder Timeliner by Tom Snyder Use the following websites for other book and lesson ideas: http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/resources/ed_lesson_plans/socst/simpson.html http://hammer.ne.mediaone.net/number_stars/stars.html Classroom Management and Activity Guidelines Classroom activities have been provided as part of this thematic unit. A lesson overview has been provided for each activity. For each lesson, you'll find a set of benchmarks, a suggested timing of the lesson, specific pages connecting the book to the activities, performance assessments, and other activity ideas. Each activity page contains an introduction, task, process and resources, project guidelines, and a conclusion. Lesson Ideas Benchmarks Understands the defining characteristics of literary forms Discuss the use of fact and fiction in historical fiction Understands the basic story elements Identify special features of a book's setting Understands cause-and-effect relationships in text Identify cause and effect relationships between events Uses information from text to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions Use information from the book to create a visual depicting the setting Use information from the Internet to create a chart, graphic, timeline, or map Use information from the Internet to form a conclusion Identify conclusions which can be logically drawn from information Locate and read literature from web-based sources Use web-based factual information Develop communications using technology Create a visual communication using imaging software Combine pictures together to create a visual communication   Other Activity Ideas: Learn about the Jewish religion-websites, books, local synagogues Organize a literature circle including other Holocaust or WWII books. Write fictional stories putting themselves in the place of a Jew during the war. Developed by Jeff Moen and Annette Lamb.