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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.
The Children of Willesden Lane represents an unusual opportunity to educate and inspire current and future generations of students and teachers in the lessons of history and human perseverance. By maximizing the book’s message through this incisive curriculum developed by Facing History and
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The Children of Willesden Lane includes many examples of people who stand up on behalf of others in need - in some cases, including people they do not even know. Discuss the contributions you found most meaningful in this set of chapters.
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;
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 and dreaming of following the musical footsteps of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and ...
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. It has been adapted into a film and an organization formed in honor of the book, that is dedicated to empowering people with the arts.
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To Children's Holiday Camp/Essex, p.47 ¶4 To Brighton, p.50 ¶1 Biking to London/Bloomsbury House, p.64 To Willesden Lane, p.72 To Mrs. Canfield's house, p.147 ¶6 Acceptance to Royal Academy p. 213 ¶3 Piano at the Howard Hotel p.225 Meeting Michael Jura p. 238 ¶2, p.268 ¶4 War is Over p.244 ¶1 Moving to Mrs. Canfield's p.258 ¶7
