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Students understanding of events surrounding the Holocaust will increase as a result of this request. This nonfiction reenactment depicts one family's struggle to survive the Holocaust.

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In Flight, The Story of Sabine Van Dam by Gulfshore Players

School:
Pine Ridge Middle 
Subject:
Language Arts 
Teacher:
Judy Cosco 
Students Impacted:
300 
Grade:
Date:
November 26, 2018

Investors

Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.

 

Linda Denning - $125.00

Lenore Brakefield and Jeanine Brakefield - $300.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 300

In Flight is a live theatrical production based on events from the life of local Holocaust survivor, Sabine Van Dam.  


In Flight was the culminating lesson to our eighth grade Holocaust Unit.  Students read Anne Frank's Legacy  in their

language arts class. They, also, visited the Holocaust Museum to learn more about that time period.  However, In Flight, affected the students in a powerful way. For them, The Holocaust was no longer events from a book or artifacts seen in a museum; the infamous atrosities became personal.   They now knew the struggle and sorrow of families like the Van Dam's.  


There were over 300 13 and 14 year-old children in the auditorium, and there was not a sound coming from any of them.   It was incredible to see all eyes and ears focused on the performance.  After the performance, the actors held a 'Talk Back' with a group of approximately 50 students.  This was an opportunity for students to meet the performers.  There were many questions, a few tears and some talked about it for days.  Students grew sensitive to the impact the Holocaust had on families and recognized the brutality of the Nazis.  They gained a new perspective on the history surrounding The Holocaust.    

 

 

 

 

    

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The cast of In Flight accept a gift from the stude

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The cast of The Gulfshore Playhouse, In Flight.

 

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

Students understanding of events surrounding the Holocaust will increase as a result of this request. This nonfiction reenactment depicts one family's struggle to survive the Holocaust.  

 

What will be done with my students

Students will:

attend the in-house (Pine Ridge Middle School) performance of In Flight;

participate in a "talk back" with the cast of In Flight.  

 

Benefits to my students

Students will engage in this dramatic stage production of Sabine Van Dam's incredibly moving story. The Holocaust is included in the 8th grade curriculum, therefore, children have read stories and researched this historic time period. However, they have not been as close to this topic as what a live stage performance can provide.
 

 

Budget Narrative

The full cost of the In Flight performance is $850. The Gulfshore Playhouse has agreed to a reduced amount $425 (50% of cost) to bring the production to Pine Ridge Middle School for all 8th graders. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 In Flight, The Story of Sabine Van Dam $425.00
  Total: $425.00

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