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Assignment, The

Liza Wiemer

Ages: 14+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Delacorte Press/Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-12316-4

Keywords: social/emotional learning, conflict resolution, conflicting viewpoints, anti-semitism, discrimination, human rights, activism

High school seniors protest their assignment to reenact the Wannsee Conference, during which the "Final Solution" for European Jews was debated, resulting in community turmoil.