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Clipy paper things6/23/2023 ![]() To book an official tour of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial at Whitwell Middle School, please email Linda Hooper directly at For more information on the Children’s Holocaust Memorial, please visit the Whitwell Middle School web site. A moving documentary, entitled Paper Clips and originally released theatrically in 2004, captures how these students responded to lessons about the Holocaust and how a committed group of children and educators provided hope and inspiration to countless others around the globe. The “Paper Clips Project” extended over several years and in 2001 the school dedicated a Children’s Holocaust Memorial, which includes an authentic German railcar filled with a portion of the more than 30 million paper clips they eventually collected. It was this simple idea that eventually, and quite unintentionally, turned into a worldwide phenomenon, drawing international media attention and letters of support from literally every continent. Why paper clips? The students’ research found that Norwegians wore paper clips as a silent protest and symbol of resistance against Nazi occupation during World War II. ![]() When the students, mostly white and Christian, struggled to grasp the concept and enormity of the six million Jews who died during the Holocaust, they decided to collect six million paper clips – one for each soul who perished. ![]() Whitwell Middle School principal Linda Hooper asked language arts teacher Sandra Roberts and associate principal David Smith to begin a Holocaust education class that would be the basis for teaching tolerance and diversity in a voluntary after-school program. In 1998, something amazing happened in the town of Whitwell, a small rural community of fewer than 2,000 people nestled in the mountains of Tennessee. Paper Bridge Challenge Strong Paper Challenge Skelton Bridge Penny Boat Challenge Egg Drop Project Drops Of Water On A Penny STRONG PAPER CLIPS FOR STEMĬlick on the image below or on the link for more fun STEM projects for kids.The silent protest that became a rally cry Gumdrop B ridge – Build a bridge from gumdrops and toothpicks and see how much weight it can hold.Ĭup Tower Challenge – Make the tallest tower you can with 100 paper cups. Penny Boat Challenge– Design a simple tin foil boat, and see how many pennies it can hold before it sinks. Marshmallow Toothpick Tower – Build the tallest tower using only marshmallows and toothpicks. Strong Paper – Experiment with folding paper in different ways to test its strength, and learn about what shapes make the strongest structures. When it comes to creating masterpieces with paper clips, you have endless choices that you can make by bending and twisting these little useful things. Paper Chain STEM Challenge – One of the simplest STEM challenges ever!Įgg Drop Challenge – Create your own designs to protect your egg from breaking when it is dropped from a height. Paper Bridges – Similar to our strong spaghetti challenge. Strong Spaghetti – Build a bridge using spaghetti. Spaghetti Marshmallow Tower – Build the tallest spaghetti tower that can hold the weight of a jumbo marshmallow. Straw Boat Challenge – Design a boat made from nothing but straws and tape, and see how many items it can hold before it sinks. Does the length of the chain make any difference?.Do you think one way to connect the paper clips is stronger than another way?.What would you do differently next time?.What worked well and what did not work well?.What were some of the challenges you discovered along the way?.Make sure to end the activity with a discussion.
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