1. Unit of Study on Courage and Survive
-- by Lichun Wei

2. Rationale -- The characters’ experience encourage teenagers
-- The theme of courage and survive is my favorite
-- The characters’ experience encourage teenagers
-- War history contains the nature of humanity
-- We have the responsibilities to prevent the
tragedies happen again

3. Launching the Unit -- A poem from Sandor Domokos “The Final Reckoning”
-- The history context of the novel: World War II
-- A poem from Sandor Domokos “The Final
Reckoning”
-- A song of World War II

4. Extending the Unit -- The Centrepiece Work: Night by Elie Wiesel
-- Comparing works: Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

5. Young Adult Literature Selections
-- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
-- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
-- Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Houston
-- The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

6. Close the Unit
Students will do a creative group projects to reflect any theme of the novels they are perceived from reading of the novels and use quote(s) to explain the ideas they used in their projects. We will use a class to present each group’s project.

7. The End & Thank you !
-- by Lichun Wei