Week of 9/29

Monday, 9/29
The Book Thief

Tuesday, 9/30
The Book Thief

Wednesday, 10/1
"Sarah's Key"

Thursday, 10/2
"Sarah's Key"
Book Thief Projects due

Friday, 10/3
Memorial Planning

Week of 9/22

I still feel like we are playing a little bit of catchup, since we have yet to talk much about Salvaged Pages. I will just work it in whenever I can, so have it read and be ready to talk. As I stated before, make SURE you have read The Book Thief by Friday. You will want to be certain to have read it!

Monday, 9/22
Presentations

Tuesday, 9/23
"Swing Kids"

Wednesday, 9/24
"Swing Kids"

Thursday, 9/25
Maus Discussion

Friday, 9/26
The Book Thief

Book Burnings

In 1821, Heinrich Heine wrote, "Where one burns books, one will, in the end, burn people." Consider what Heine meant by this statement. In your opinion, what is the danger of burning books? How, if at all, does burning books jeopardize human life?
[Note: Somewhat ironically, Heine was a noted German author who converted to Christianity from Judaism in the nineteenth century. According to the Nuremberg Laws, Heine would have been considered a Jew; therefore, his books were also burned and forbidden.]

Here is a link to some of the books/authors as well.

Week of 9/15

This week is kind of a hodgepodge of various topics, so just bear with me. :) It will all come together.

Monday, 9/15
Kristallnacht
Salvaged Pages if time

Tuesday, 9/16
Library/Lab for research

Wedneday, 9/17
Library/Lab for research

Thursday, 9/18
Maus Reading Day

Friday, 9/19
SUB
Maus Reading Day

Week of 9/8

I hope you are beginning to see how propaganda was used by the Nazis to manipulate the views of ordinary German citizens. This week we will start to look at some of the immediate effects of that propaganda.

Monday, 9/8

College Fair

Tuesday, 9/9

Memorial Planning

Watch "I'm Still Here"

Assign Salvaged Pages

Wednesday, 9/10

Weimar Republic

Finish other work

Thursday, 9/11

Nazi Germany's Anti-Jewish policy

Friday, 9/12

Kristallnacht jigsaw

Week of 9/1 (Off MONDAY!!!)

It was a great week this past week! We will start propaganda and such this week and it's a fascinating study.

Monday, 9/1
OFF!

Tuesday, 9/2
Judaism activity
Memorial Planning

Wednesday, 9/3
Propaganda, E and R

Thursday, 9/4
Propaganda
Assign Salvaged Pages

Friday, 9/5
SUB
Watch "I'm Still Here"

Jewish Life Pre-WWII Day 2

Carryover from Friday:
Assignment #1 Photo Research
Look up each town from your two photographs. You need to write a well-researched paragraph for each in which you will note the following:
How large was the town/city's Jewish population and how long had Jews been living there?
What was the Jewish life/culture in that town/city like prior to the Nazi invasion?
Where is or was that town/city located?
When and how did the town/city come under Nazi rule?
What was the fate of this particular town's/city's Jews during the Holocaust? What about the country?
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 the map I will give you.

Assignment #2- 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 #3- 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.