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Gathering The Voices

Testimonies of Holocaust survivors who settled in Scotland

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General ideas for secondary students

Activities

For English and creative writing

  • Diary Letters
  • Plays
  • Newspaper articles
  • Poetry
  • Short story
  • Speech
  • Question and answer session
  • Using photographs as stimuli for writing
  • Comprehension
  • Using the same or similar categories so pupils can tell their own or their families stories
  • Journeys
  • Songs

For Social Science Subjects

  • Timeline
  • Maps
  • Historical research on the origins of the Second World War
  • Learning about the Holocaust
  • Learning about the USSR and its role in the Second World War
  • Compare and Contrast testimonies
  • Creating Power Points and Investigations
  • Analysing and discussing the use and value of primary sources
  • Finding out about some of the places mentioned in the testimonies
  • Producing presentations

Citizenship

  • Working with stereotypes and preconceptions
  • Discussing prejudice
  • Refugees – Then and now
  • Political Asylum

Immigration

  • Attitudes to difference
  • Coping with change
  • Coping with loss
  • Remembering
  • The role of education

Art and Design

  • Design a memorial Drawing and painting stimulated by particular stories

Science and Mathematics

  • Finding out more about the scientists and doctors who have provided testimony or are mentioned by others.

Active Learning

  • Stepping Stones
  • Footprints
  • Turning points
  • Survival tactics

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Primary / Lower Secondary School

Upper Secondary School

Primary/lower Secondary

  • Primary / Lower Secondary School
  • Social Studies
  • General
  • Religious & Moral Education
  • Languages, Literacy & English
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Expressive Arts
  • Exhibition Exercises
  • Global Citizenship

Upper Secondary

  • Social Studies
  • Languages, Literacy & English
  • Expressive Arts
  • Learning Across The Curriculum
  • General
  • Global Citizenship
  • History Of Germany Pre-War

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Supported and Funded by:

  • Heritage Lottery Fund
  • Scottish Goverment
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Glasgow City Council
  • German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Esterson Trust
  • Ethel Hoffman
  • Queens Park Charitable Trust
  • Ralph Slater Trust
  • Glasgow Jewish Community Trust
  • Netherlee and Clarkston Charitable Trust
  • The Alma & Leslie Wolfson Charitable Trust‏

Important Information

The Gathering the Voices Association is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Annual Review & Accounts

Registered Scottish Charity Number: SC047809

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