Week of 9/30

Just when we really start getting to the hard stuff (this week), we get a week off (next week). That will be nice for us.

Monday, 9/30
Maus I Discussion
Salvaged Pages Discussion
Read Salvaged Pages

Tuesday, 10/1
Book Thief Proj due
Lodz Ghetto notes
Poetry
Ghettos

Wednesday, 10/2
Rumkowski
Journal Assignment 4

Thursday, 10/3
Share Journal 4
Ghettos
"To the Little Polish Boy"
Salvaged Pages

Friday, 10/4
Journal for hw
Evaluation

Week of 9/23

I am so excited to see your presentations this week and also for us to start THE BOOK THIEF!!!! :)

Monday, 9/23
Presentations

Tuesday, 9/24
Watch "Swing Kids"

Wednesday, 9/25
Finish "Swing Kids"

Thursday, 9/26
The Book Thief

Friday, 9/27
The Book Thief

Week of 9/16

We will be moving toward the ending of this unit this week and next.

Monday, 9/16
Kristallnacht

Tuesday, 9/17
Library/Lab

Wednesday, 9/18
Library/Lab

Thursday, 9/19
Catch up
Reading Day, Maus

Friday, 9/20
Reading Day, Maus

Week of 9/9

This week's schedule is somewhat disrupted (not even sure exactly how much), but we will push through. This week is the beginnings of the Nazi regime, Kristallnacht, etc. I am switching one thing on the calendar, by the way...

Monday, 9/9

College Fair

Salvaged Pages reading day

Tuesday, 9/10

Weimar Republic

Wednesday, 9/11

Nazi Germany's Anti-Jewish policy

Discussion

Thursday, 9/12

Kristallnacht jigsaw

Friday, 9/13

Watch "I'm Still Here"

Week of 9/2

We are starting to get past the foundations and into the core of the course. I am looking forward to taking this journey with you.

Monday, 9/2
Have fun!!!

Tuesday, 9/3
Judaism discussion

Wednesday, 9/4
Propaganda E and R

Thursday, 9/5
Propaganda

Friday, 9/6
Propaganda

Jewish Life Pre-WWII, Day 2

Carryover from Friday:
You need to complete your research and write your two paragraphs about the towns your photos originated from. In addition, try and locate the towns on your map I gave to you on Friday.

Assignment #1- Photo Response:
You brought a photograph from your own collection that in some way matches one of your researched photographs. Please write an organized, well thought out response in paragraph form that addresses the following questions. Don't just answer the questions, but rather use them to help you form a personal reflection paragraph.
In examining your researched photos, identify evidence that suggests that life was normal for Jews prior to the Nazis.
What did you discover as you looked through your own family's photos in comparison to those you had researched? Which photo of your family did you choose that relates and why?
How do the photos show the similarities between you, your family, or your community to those in European Jewish life prior to WWII?
What conclusions can you draw from this activity? What is your emotional response to this?

Assignment #2- Living On and Biography
Click on the Living On link that can be found here and select a Survivor, Refugee, or Hidden Child to research. Come tell me which person you have selected because each student will need to select a different member of Living On. Read the biography for that person and look at artifacts, etc. If there is a video available, watch it. Complete a rough timeline for the life of the person you have chosen. You will then complete another researched paragraph about the town where the Living On person you have chosen lived during the Holocaust.


All of this information is due in class tomorrow.

Week of 8/26

This week we are going to delve more deeply into Jewish life and culture, history, and religion. We will have a guest speaker this week, something I am really looking forward to. I loved having him last year and I hope you will enjoy it.

Monday, 8/26
Research

Tuesday, 8/27
Share and Discuss

Wednesday, 8/28
"Image Before My Eyes"
Give out "To Life!"

Thursday, 8/29
Guest speaker

Friday, 8/30
Judaism discussion, activity