The White Rose

Subject: Multicultural/Social Studies/Art

Grade Levels: 6 through 12

Objectives:

• To realize individuals have the right to live in freedom
• To understand passive resistance
• To comprehend the value of dedication to a cause
• To learn watercolor transparency techniques

Sunshine State Standards:

• Grades 6-8
  • VA.A.1.3.1, 1.3.3
  • VA.B.1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3
  • VA.C.1.3.1, 1.3.2
  • VA.D.1.3.3
• Grades 9-12
  • VA.A.1.4.1
  • VA.B.1.4.2, 1.4.3
  • VA.C.1.4.1, 1.4.2
  • VA.D.1.4.1, 1.4.2

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Materials:

• sketch pads
• watercolor block
• watercolors
• brushes

Procedure:

Day One

• Introduce the resistance movement known as the "White Rose."
• Establish this time in the history of Nazi Germany and the purpose of the Scholls, their friends, professor, family, and colleagues.
• Make a timeline of the White Rose events from beginning to the end.
• Identify each character:
  • Hans and Sophie Scholl
  • Christoph "Christal" Probst
  • Dr. Kurt Huber
  • Willi Graf
  • Alexander Schmorell
  • Elizabeth Schmorell
  • Inge Scholl
• Name three favorite artists of the Scholls [Franz Marc, Van Gough, Gaugin]

Day Two

• Students will design a leaflet of protest using the Scholls' "Leaflets of the White Rose" as a model

Day Three

• Design a transparent watercolor/collage
• Include in your composition:
  • White Rose
  • Sophie and Hans Scholl
  • Other pertinent subject matter

Day Four

• Finish artworks
• Prepare for presentation

Assessment:

The quality of the student's work can be assessed by:

• Peer and/or teacher review.
• Setting up your classroom as a Holocaust Gallery and Museum.
• Constructive critiquing of each other's work
• Planning a exhibition for the school
• Offering your work as a traveling show to other schools and art councils within the community.

Resources:

White Rose Gallery

Scholl, Inge. The White Rose: Munich 1942 - 1943. (1983) Middletown: Wesleyan University Press.

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology,
College of Education, University of South Florida © 2005.