Lesson Summary:
In this resource from Facing History and Ourselves,
through the use of The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal, students will consider themes of responsibility, judgment, reconciliation, and most of all, forgiveness. In small groups, they will examine and discuss these themes from the perspective of a variety of historical figures and from their own perspectives.
The Sunflower is based on a book by Simon Weisenthal and describes wha happened when a Nazi soldier, on his death bed, asked Wisenthal (who was pulled off a labor detail) for forgiveness.