Digital Story Telling

By: Aaron Huestis

This digital story is used toprepare the minds of high school history students for

the despair of the NaziHolocaust.

The story is powerful becauseit involves the students

emotionally. They experienceempathy for the unknown

narrator.

Through this connection the students are more

connected and engaged with the material.

The slide show follows.It is very sad.

Thoughts of the Forgotten

By: Aaron Huestis

Here I am. Still breathing, heart still beating.

For how much longer?

It’s cold outside.

We eat once a day.

My cloths are rags.

My hands are cracked

I can no longer stand straight.

The sirens don’t permitus to sleep.

Everyday death tormentsus in many forms.

Disease is everywhere.

Everyone is sick.

There is no sanitation.

We are imprisoned for crimes we don’t understand.

We are enslaved by our fellow countrymen.

I don’t know where my family is.

They know not of my whereabouts.

There is no contact with the outside.

What hatred prompts such savagery?

What crime deserves this punishment?

Everyday could be my last.

Death is common place.

No one will care.

And I will just be shoveledin with the others.

Afterwards, teachers canharness the anger and sadness

of the students to connect to the material.

The motivation to learnhas been created through

use of story.

Digital Story Telling

By: Aaron Huestis