The class of Whitwell Middle School wished to commemorate the lives lost during the Holocaust. After learning the significance of the paper clip in Norway during the German invasion, the students had their goal: to collect 6 million paper clips – one for the life of each Jewish person lost. What started out as a voluntary after-school project on diversity and tolerance turned out to be a memorial project that involved the community in Whitwell, Tennessee.
Genre: Junior Nonfiction
Reading Level: 10 years +
Publisher Details: Minneapolis: Kar-Ben Pubishing, 2004
Blogger's note: A movie about this project was released by Miramax in 2004. Check out the Paperclips movie trailor under the recommended resources link of this blog!
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