Prisoner B 3087 Webquest by: Kelly McFadden ~ Hayes Middle School, St Albans, WV

Introduction

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 4 activites to recieve a special code. After completing each activity, your teacher will give you a letter toward the code.

Activity 1 Summarizng

Activity 2 Storyboards

Activity 3 Mapping

Activity 4 Math

Process

Activity 1 Reading/Writing/English

Read chapters 1-5 in the novel Prisoner B-3087 By Alan Gratz.

Use microsoft word on your Ipad or computer to type a summary for each chapter. Your summary must be at least 10 sentences long. Spelling and grammar count!

Turn in this assignment in a folder with your other assignments.

Activity 2 Art /Reading/Writing STORYBOARDS

Read chapter 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 about th chapter

Activity 3 Social Studies: Labeling Maps

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/euoutl.htm

Use the link above to print out an 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.

Activity 4 Math/Health

Help students calculate how many calories they ate the day before or on a typical day. Have the students ever missed a meal? How did it feel to go hungry? Then, give the students only 300 calories to eat for the day (the amount given to many Jews in the ghettos). With this limited amount, might they change the things they choose to eat? Would they eat healthier food, and less sweets and candy? Would they still be hungry? Remind the students of this daily feeling of hunger that children felt while in the ghetto before they go to lunch. Tell them, also, that there are still children today who are going hungry, even in the United States.

Evaluation

Activity 1 Reading/Writing/English ~Summaries

Completion of the summaries. Correct spelling and grammar.

Give student Letter "L" for the code

Activity 2 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.
Give student letter "I" for the code

Activity 3: Social Studies~ Map Labeling

Completion of each item for labeling and correct location and directions followed.ter
Give student letter "F" for the code

Activity 4: Math/Health~ Calorie Count

Completion of activity 4 and correct answers given for questions asked.
Give student letter "E" for the code

PASSCODE is "LIFE"

Conclusion

You have completed all the assignments for thins 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 concentraion camps by refering them to this webquest.

Teacher Page

This web-quest is set around the time period of WWII and during the Holocaust. Teachers reading the novel Prisoner B 3087 by Alan Gratz will be able to use this web-quest to add to their curriculum unit.

Each activity can cover more than 5 chapters depending on teacher choice.

This novel is an excellent choice for any middle school level student...