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Introduction to The Children of Willesden Lane. About the Book and the Author. Companion CD to The Children of Willesden Lane. Teacher’s Resource. Historical Context. Pre-Reading Activities. Related Resources. Reading 1: Identity in a Time of Change. Reading 2: Uprooted. Reading 3: A Refugee in Wartime. Reading 4: The Blitz.
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Feb 23, 2017 · The Children of Willesden Lane is the powerful true story of Lisa Jura, who fled Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Kindertransport as a child. Jura was one of 10,000 young refugees who were separated from her parents and brought to England for safety before World War II.
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The Children of Willesden Lane has both historical and contemporary relevance, and Montgomery’s city-wide reading is designed to spark dialogue on both the past and the present. Specific goals include: k introducing students to the upcoming 9th-grade study of World War ii and the holocaust;
English. Genre. Memoir. Publisher. Hachette Book Group. ISBN. 978-0-446-69027-0. The Children of Willesden Lane is a memoir by Mona Golabek, documenting the life of her mother, Lisa, from the time she left Vienna, Austria to the end of World War II.
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- Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
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- Hachette Book Group
THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE is a wonderful little book --- at. times heartbreaking but, ultimately, inspirational. It tells the. true story of Lisa Jura, who in 1938 was a promising 14-year-old. pianist living happily in Vienna with her close-knit Jewish family.
If you are teaching The Children of Willesden Lane, we recommend using the following lessons from the Museum’s Holocaust Curriculum: Lesson One – Introduction to Jewish Life During the Holocaust Use this lesson to give students a background on life before, during, and after the Holocaust.