HMD poetry lesson plan
This lesson plan is for secondary schools, and is suitable for use in History, English, RE or Citizenship. It introduces your students to the subject of genocide through poetry, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The poems included represent a variety of experiences from the Holocaust and more recent genocides.
Download a background information sheet on the Holocaust
Download a background information sheet on Rwanda
Sheila Hancock reading Refugee Blues by WH Auden.
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