Miracle At Midnight
ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney
Miracle at Midnight, part of ABC’s “The Wonderful World of
Disney,” first aired Sunday, May 17. It is based on the dramatic and
moving story of the participation of the Danish people in a daring rescue
of Jewish citizens from the jaws of Nazi concentration camps. Preben
Munch-Nielsen, then a teenager, took part in that historic rescue: “We
didn’t recognize Jews as Jews, but as Danes…. The Jews …
were victims of an insane movement created by lunatics. If you wanted to
retain your self-respect, you did what you could.” This exciting
video tells the inspiring story of an entire nation pulling together—“doing
what we could”-- to protect a precious part of its community.
When ABC Classroom decided to offer learning materials to teachers to
support the use of Miracle at Midnight in their classrooms, they invited
Teachable Tech to consult and create materials that would easily fit
specific social studies and history curricula. Working in conjunction with
ABC Community Affairs and the production staff and teacher/consultants of
The Foundation For The Future of Youth, TTI created information databases
of facts, resources and learning activities to help students and teachers
integrate this intriguing video across curricula and into regular
classroom activities.
On-line support material includes:
- ABCs Commitment to American Communities
- Discussion and Activities
- A Select Bibliography
- The Bonds of Community in Denmark
- Links to the World Wide Web
- Background: From Stereotype to Genocide
Teachable Tech's responsibilities included:
- Hiring, supervising, and conferring with writers and
teachers/consultants
- Coordinating the researching, writing, editing and delivery of
material to production staff
- Consulting and working in conjunction with the ABC Community Affairs
production staff and The Foundation For The Future of Youth to create a
brochure for community education
- Consulting in the design, content and production of on-line classroom
support materials
For more information, please visit the ABC Classroom.
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