Collection Analysis Report
for The Holocaust
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 23 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(23 of 23 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Social Studies (18 books)
- History (16 books)
- English Language Arts (14 books)
- Historical Fiction (13 books)
- Nonfiction (7 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Realistic Fiction (3 books)
- Drama (1 books)
- French (1 books)
- Picture Book (1 books)
- Poetry (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 22 of 23 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 782 (Range: 550 - 1120)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 3 of 23 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 1 Videos
- 3 Book Readings
- 11 Lesson Plans
- Total of 132 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Penguin Books USA's "The Holocaust". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLYT8WZ
Anne Frank and Me
by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld
- Genres: Drama, Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2001
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 1993
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Anne FrankBehind the Secret Window: A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood During World War Two
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1993
The Devil's Arithmetic
by Jane Yolen
- Grades Used: 6
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 1988
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Friedrich
by Hans Peter Richter and Edite Kroll
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 650
- Year Published: 1970
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for FriedrichHide and Seek
by Ida Vos
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 1991
I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 950
- Year Published: 1986
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for I Am a StarThe Man from the Other Side
by Uri Orlev
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 930
- Year Published: 1991
Morning is a Long Time Coming
by Bette Greene
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 910
- Year Published: 1999
A Pocket Full of Seeds
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 720
- Year Published: 2005
Postcards from No Man's Land
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 900
- Year Published: 1999
Soldier X
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2001
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Soldier XStones in Water
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1997
Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 1973
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Thanks to My Mother
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 1991
Twenty and Ten
by Claire Hucket Bishop, Janet Joly, and William Pène Du Bois
- Grades Used: 3, 4
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 1952
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
Two Suns in the Sky
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 550
- Year Published: 2001
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 830
- Year Published: 1981
Waiting for Anya
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, French, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 770
- Year Published: 1990
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
by Judith Kerr
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 940
- Year Published: 1971
When the Soldiers Were Gone
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 1999
Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat?
by Nancy Patz
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: Jewish
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 580
- Year Published: 2003
Witnesses to War: 8 True Life Stories of Nazi Persecution
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 1120
- Year Published: 1998
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