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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Create a presentation showing imagery of the Kolyma labor camps.

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Read another survivor's story about their time in Kolyma.

Now Showing

Watch the movie "Kolyma" directed by Mikhail Mikheev.

Dear Diary

Create a diary that travels with you along your reading journey of "Kolyma Tales."

Facelift

Create a new cover for the text. Be sure to use something that you remember from the text itself. Focus on what moved you, concerned you, or engaged you the most. What kind of imagery would you use on the cover?

Varlam Shalamov

Create a multi-media presentation on Varlam Shalamov. Presentation should include information relevant to his life, his work, and his time in Kolyma.

Poetry

Write a poem based upon your feelings regarding one of the stories from "Kolyma Tales."

Kolyma: The Play

Have students create a one-act play based upon one...

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