Night - A true story by Elie Wiesel

Journal Questions

• What do you know about the Holocaust?

• What questions do you have?

Sighet – North Maramures

What is prejudice?

• An attitude of close-mindedness which allows a person to prejudge another negatively without any knowledge of that person. Prejudice is frequently based on emotion, not on reason or fact.

• It is the hatred one feels towards another person for no concrete reason.

What is a stereotype?

• A generally accepted opinion or fixed notion of a person that is believed without investigation. It generalizes a person’s character by labeling him/her, refusing to view a person as an individual, only as a type of person.

What is a scapegoat?

• a person, member of a group, peer, ethnic or religious group, or country who is singled out, unfairly blamed and who receives negative treatment for some misfortune.

Homework• In a one paragraph response, please write

about a time where you have been the victim of prejudice or stereotyping.

• Due tomorrow at the beginning of class

Timeline placard presentation• Essential Question: How did this happen? What events

led to the Holocaust? • You will receive 1 or 2 placards– You will become an expert in this area of historical importance

• Today in class:– Read and take notes on your event(s)– Prepare research questions or interest for tonight

• Tonight– Your homework is to find one compelling and new piece of

evidence to teach us– It could be a picture, a document, a series of facts or other

information that helps us understand what happened.

Tomorrow

• You will present each event as the class expert– Placard under the doc cam– You will explain it to us– Add in your acquired knowledge

• In the end, we will have a timeline of key events that help explain why and how this happened.

Informal presentation• I expect that you know this event relatively well• DO NOT read from the placard• Point out the key ideas • Point out terms of interest• Include the information you found at home• Point out how this connects to our essential question:– How and why did the Holocaust happen?

• Audience – take notes in a timeline fashion – I will leave the final structure up to you

Genocide Jigsaw1. Become an expert on your topic– Read your background information– Know the details– Background information (what was the rationale, the

history, the trigger?)– How did the 8 stages play out?– Find something else to supplement your knowledge.

2. Confirm your knowledge with your group mates(Monday)

3. Teach it to your classmates(Monday)

Genocide Jigsaw• Armenia – Jordan, Sukhaman, Kyle• Cambodia – Taylor, Regina, Duane, Erika• Russia (Ukraine) – Grace, Anne-Marie, Shiffite, • Nanking – Daniel, John, Shanice, Erin• Bosnia – Nancy, Tess, Franklin,

• Troy, Lucas, Nazia, Torin

Genocide Jigsaw• Armenia – Cody, Nathan, Marissa, Tayler, Sam• Cambodia – Chrissy, Elliot, Julian, Connor, Tessa• Russia (Ukraine) – Isaac, Anfernee, Kelsey, Tori,

Jordan• Nanking – Jazz, Kylee, Michael, Jay, Beau• Bosnia – Sophia, Evan, Patrick, Jasmine

• Lija

Genocide Jigsaw• Armenia – Tanya, Gifton, Steve, Brach, Blake• Cambodia – Dalton, Sarah, Tasha, Tyler, Dave,

Tabetha• Russia (Ukraine) – Reign, Nathan, Forrest, Ryan,

Ali • Nanking – Emily, Brennan, Seth, Antonia, Rene• Bosnia – Cody, Mike, Vince, Christina, Erin