MAUS Lesson Plan

Role-Playing at Dienst Stadium

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

To inhabit the perspectives of various characters at registration in Dienst Stadium

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters

Structure:

The close of Chapter 4 brings chaos to Sosnowiec. Roughly 30,000 Jews must report to Dienst stadium for what the Germans call "Registration." Lead a discussion about how the author portrays the feelings and tensions in this episode, and how he shows the feelings of each of the characters.

Separate students into pairs. Assign...