Holocaust

1/9/2015

We have begun Unit Three, which will be a study of the holocaust and the idea of "Can One Person Make a Difference?" as well as the theme "How Do You Find Light in the Darkness?"

The Unit Three textbook can be downloaded here:




 * Tuesday-Wednesday, February 2nd -3rd **

Dairy of Anne Frank Act One Test (Open Book) media type="custom" key="27147600"

Today, we reviewed the five roles for our midterm project: Discussion Leader, Diction Detective, Bridge Builder, Reporter, and Artist. We also began our journey into the Holocaust with the following videos from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and YouTube:
 * Monday, January 12th **

[|Holocaust Timeline Interactive Map] (United Statest Holocaust Memorial Museum)

media type="youtube" key="35k-xrJyOL8" width="420" height="315"Gerda and Kurt Klein on the day of her liberation

media type="youtube" key="5zn-fPM4KS0" width="420" height="315"Gerda Weissmann Klein's Oscar acceptance speech...

We are reading an excerpt from Gerda's autobiography //All But My Life.//



We are answering the following questions at the end of the story:

5. Why, in your opinion, does the mayor tell the soldiers that he "really was not Anti-Semitic"?

6. On the first day of her liberation, why do you think Gerda just waits for "whatever would happen next"?

7. What do the soldier's questions and Gerda's responses reveal about the suffering she has endured?

8. How might the writing of this memoir represent one answer to the author's "unanswerable question"?

We completed Activity 3.2 on pages 167-168 in the Springboard book today. Students picked the role that they will fulfill for their mid-term project. After reading through the roles and discussing them, the students used the chart on page 168 to model a resume to apply for the role.
 * January 9th **

This resume was written to fulfill a major writing assignment for the week. This resume is a 100 point test grade.