Description
Adelphi tells how her grandparents, as children, along with over a million other Polish people, were sent to work camps in Russia following the invasion of their country by the USSR during the Second World War. A true story.
This pack contains response activities complete with activity explainer videos for supporting teaching and learning reading strategies including:
- Skim and Scan activities
- Summarise activities
- Questioning activities
- Inference activities
- Making Connections activities
- Visualising activities
Themes explored include: change, citizenship, community, conflict, culture, family, grandparents, heritage, immigration, Iran, loss, Pahiatua, Persia, Poland, Polish Children’s Camp, refugees, Second World War, separation, survival, traditions, USSR, World War Two, new beginnings, relationships
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