The following inquiry steps noted by Barbara Stripling (2003) will be used in the reflective journaling process: "connecting, wondering, investigating, constructing, expressing, and reflecting." Students will be given the following steps for their responses:
1. Connect- to the researched child by using observation of the researched background and bio materials while keeping a first person diary that connects the child to the information that is uncovered daily in lit circle and novel readings
2. Wonder--"develop questions" that your child might have about the oppression that is taking place in their country
3. Investigate--on your own, e-mail a local expert (professor, teacher, rabbi) and ask them what they know about the Holocaust
4. Construct--Based on your prior introduction including readings, video, research, and discussion, journal about what you now understand about the Holocaust that you did not at the beginning of the unit
5. Express--Develop a song or poem from the perspective of your child that incorporates both the feelings and new understandings; share this with at least one class mate
6. Reflect--Look back over your journal and determine at least three new things that you are now compelled to learn about this time period (Stripling, 2003)
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