I am a fourth grade student teacher whose students are reading Number of the Stars right now and learning about the holocaust. I am worried that fourth grade may be too young for this movie. What does everyone think?
shareI am watching it in my class in high school, and I'm not sure if it is appropriate for 4th graders
sharei don't think so. it's kinda graphic. maybe you could show them "Forget me Not: the anne frank story" if your interested, or even "The Diary of Anne Frank" as a suggestion. i watched those not to long ago when i read the play in my english class. they're both great movies, though forget me not is expensive. i have the dvd and it cost $40. the vhs is $80, but its a good movie.
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i haven't seen the movie, but i have read the book. i was in the sixth grade when iread it, and it was intense for me then, though i think it would be intense for anyone. it's probably a little too mature for fourth graders.
shareif the fourth graders are mature, then it would be ok. I just finished watching it in 8th grade, i admit there were some parts I couldnt look at (hangings, beatings, etc). and there was that part near the end there is a gas chamber where they are told to strip of their clothing, but that is well covered, and i doubt that you would acctualy want to show them some of those parts
shareIt all depends on teacher experience and the background of the students. A teacher must be knowlegeable in the subject and comfortable with dealing in childrens' issues on the subject. The DA is a rather sanitized presentation with few exceptions to the true horrors of the crisis. The theme , however, is more about the growing change in culture of comfortable American Jewish life. The main character, whether in the book or film is typical of detached youth from the turbulant past of a People, the Jews. The change in the character after the 'twilight zone' like journey is the story. Remember, you can not deal with the future without an understanding of the past. On balance this film is after 38 years of teaching , the best presentation for ready students that I have ever seen! Be careful but go for it. Just make sure parents of 5th graders and 4th graders give permission first before you show it to their children.
sharei actually read that same book in the 5th grade, and saw the movie right after it. I didn't think it was too strong at the time, i mean it's life, they need to learn about this stuff eventually.
shareI watched this as a fourth grader, at a Jewish day school. There were some kids who couldn't watch it, and it was pretty intense. But since we learned so much about it, it wasn't as bad. Make sure the kids really know how tragic this event was before showing it to them.
shareI remember reading the book this is based off of when i was around 3rd or 4th grade. Granted that was back in the early 90's. But yes I do believe that this movie is suitable for children in that age bracket.
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I saw this movie when I was in 4th grade.
The whole school watched it. I went to a Jewish boarding/ day school.
I don't think i was too young to see it. The school did send out permission forms to parents though because it did have scenes they didn't think all parents would allow their child to see.
It made a big impact on me though.
i think 4th grade is way to young. i saw this movie in 8th grade english last year. but i did read number the stars in 4th grade, but i didn't acturally learn about the holocaust until 8th grade.
shareI saw it in 6th grade. Just be aware that there are, of course, many scenes that are difficult to watch. There's a hanging scene, a scene where an officer takes a woman and her baby to die in a crematorium, and at the end a scene where a group of women are asked to undress and enter the gas chambers. That scene in particular is very intense, as the people are crying because they know their fate and the movie depicts them suffocating to death when the gas is released. It ends with a shot of all their bodies in a pile.
Personally I think 4th grade is much too young to learn about this tradgedy, but that's just me.
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