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The Book Thief

Album Description

This album will help with the novel by Markus Zusak called The Book Thief.   6 - 8   9 - 12 

The book takes place during WWII and the story follows Liesel Meminger, a young girl living with foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, in Nazi Germany during World War II. Liesel settles down into her new home and during her time there, she is exposed to the horrors of the war and politics. 

This is an introduction to the time and place.

After reading this primary source answer the questions below:

What was also going on?

What was the purpose?

What impact did Hitler have on Germany?

Students will observe, reflect and question the sources to discover what the time and place was like for the main character.

The daily worker. [volume], April 27, 1933, City Edition, Page Page Four, Image 4

Teaching Notes

Speaks of book burning.

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020097/1933-04-27/ed-1/seq-4

Reference note

Newspaper: The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020097/1933-04-27/ed-1/seq-4
Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020097/1933-04-27/ed-1/seq-4.pdf

Imperial Valley press., September 13, 1934, Page 2, Image 2

Teaching Notes

Products that had Hitler's likeness 

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92070146/1934-09-13/ed-1/seq-2

Reference note

Newspaper: Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92070146/1934-09-13/ed-1/seq-2
Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92070146/1934-09-13/ed-1/seq-2.pdf

Evening star. [volume], June 19, 1933, Image 1

Teaching Notes

Hitler threats to children

Reference link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1933-06-19/ed-1/seq-1

Reference note

Newspaper: Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1933-06-19/ed-1/seq-1
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1933-06-19/ed-1/seq-1.pdf

Books are weapons in the war of ideas / S. Broder.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/96502725/.

Reference note

Summary

  • Poster showing Nazis burning books, with quotation by Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Books cannot be killed by fire ...."

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942.

Notes

  • -  GPO no. 1942-O-487131.
  • -  OWI no. 7.
  • -  Promotional goal: U.S. J49. 1942.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

  • cph 3g04267 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04267
  • cph 3c21473 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c21473

Teaching Material from the Holocaust Museum

Teaching Material from the Holocaust Museum

Margaret Lincoln's Collection of resources

Teaching Notes

Thank you, Margaret!

Margaret Lincoln's Collection of resources