World History X: Night Project & Resources

Directions: Use this post as a hub for all Elie Wiesel and Night related information. Here you can get background information on the novel, biographical on the Author, and historical information on the period of time.  The resources will change from time to time so please check back while you read the novel.

Project: Reactive Scrapbook - Due Monday May 16
For each chapter in Night, you will provide a one-page reaction to events that took place in the chapter. Focus on multiple events and identify any questions you may have as a result of consuming the chapter.

Your scrapbook will consist of a Cover Page, 9 pages of writing, and 9 pages of a mix of sketches, pictures from magazines, internet, or pictures taken by you.  When you open the scrapbook, the images will be on the left, writing on the right.  Each image page must have 4 different images relating to the events, mood, theme, or aspects from the chapter. See the example below to get a sense for what I would like to see when I open your scrapbook.

Help With The Novel
Reading Guide for the novel Night

Biographical Information on Wiesel
Nobelprize.org
Bio on Wiesel
Oprah interviews Wiesel

Historical Background on Time Period

Holocaust Museum
Archived Footage 
Timeline of the Holocaust

Writing Subjects/Topics:

Possessions:

·         If you had to leave your home today and could only take what you could carry in a small backpack, what would you take? Why are these things of value to you personally?

·         What are your most prized possessions? Why?

·         How would giving up all of your material possessions change your views on what is important in life? How would your priorities change?

Identity:

·         In what ways do you feel the place or places you consider “home” have shaped you?  How much of an influence do the places you are from affect your identity? Explain.

·         What are some of the ways in which your identity is repressed on a daily basis? Think about school rules, parents' rules, etc. How does this repression make you feel?

·         What are some ways in which a person’s identity can put them at a disadvantage in today's world? What are some examples of these disadvantages you see on the news or around the community?

Relationships:

• Who are some of the most important people in your life? Why? 
• Who do you feel has mostly impacted who you are today? How? What attributes do they possess that you value?  Describe this person and a fond moment you have of them.
• What do your family members expect of you? What and whom do they want you to become? Do you agree with what they want for you? Why or why not?

Freedom:

·         Address the following in a journal entry about freedom: How do you define freedom? What freedoms are important to you? How much freedom should people have? How is your freedom limited?

·          If you were forced to give up your home, possessions, family, and freedoms, what affect would this have on you?

·         Describe a time when your freedom was taken away from you. Have you ever been grounded, told you could not do something that you wanted to do? What was your response?

·         Do you have more freedom or less freedom than your parents had at your age? In what ways might your freedoms be different from theirs? In what ways might your freedoms be similar to theirs? Why?

·         How much freedom should people have? When is it okay to limit freedom? When is it not? Provide examples from texts, movies, speeches, historical events to support.

Resistance:

·         How would you define resistance? In what ways can a person resist things?  Does resistance need to be an open or shown action? How have you shown resistance in your life? What were you resisting and why?

·         In what ways do we see Elie and the prisoners around him resist? What are he/they resisting? How? Why?

Beliefs, Values and Challenges:

·         When have you been faced with a time your beliefs were challenged? What challenged your beliefs? Why? How did you handle it?

·         What has been your greatest life challenge? Were you able to overcome this challenge and what did you have to do?

·         What is something you have sacrificed to help someone else? Describe the situation and your feelings.

·         Respond to the following quote from Joseph Joubert: “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.”

·         Respond to the following quote from Rollo May: “The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity.” 

Psychology: Generation Me Article, Analysis & Reaction

Directions: Read the below article about how someone outside your generation sees you. This writer has significant influence over building the perceptions of those older than you.

Type this up in a Google Doc and turn it in in the below Google Form

While reading I would like you to:

• Identify & analyze his main arguments
• Identify how he supports them
• Identify his bias(es)
• React to his arguments - do you agree or disagree with them? Provide evidence to support your opinions
• Add to his article about your Generation - what's missing? What should a follow up article focus upon when looking at your Generation?

Why Millennials Will Save Us All Article

Type this up in a Google Doc and turn it in in the below Google Form

World History: From the Mouths of Nazis...

Directions: Using the document from the previous class, summarize how the Nazi high command felt about the Jews, what they had planned for them, and what their stated reasons were for targeting the Jews in particular.

Statements by Leading Nazis on the "Final Solution"

Padlet: From the Mouths of Nazis

World History: Holocaust Documentary - not an assignment

A documentary about a lost film from the liberation of Bergen-Belsen camp by the British and other camps during the end of WWII, including Auschwitz. A British filmmaker created a documentary in 1945 to show the indescribable scenes of what British soldiers found at one of the more famous camps in the Holocaust period.  What was finally finished 70 years later is a comprehensive and bracing look at how the Allies learned about the horrors of Nazi policies.

DISCRETION IS REQUIRED - although this is an unrated film, it includes extremely disturbing images of the discovery and clean up of a major prison campsite along with other camps (labor and extermination camps). Unflinching scenes of real dead bodies are strewn throughout the film and it can be extremely harrowing and shocking.

Documentary: Night Will Fall

Psychology: Cultural Identity Identification

Directions:
Part 1: Google Drawing
Create your own personal Cultural Identity wheel, complete with altering the sizes of the slices (represents how influential the cultural identifier is in your life -- larger = more; smaller = less), and identify how each group has impacted and influenced you in your life.

Cultural Identity Formation Activity - MAKE A COPY!!

Take a screenshot of your Google Drawing (Hold down ctrl and the Switcher button -- see image below)

Part 2: Padlet & Cultural Values & Beliefs

Go to the below site and complete an entry on Padlet where you will upload your screenshot, and identify how the 4 Cultural Groups (Your Ethnicity, Your Family/Community, Being An American, & Your Generation) have influenced and shaped the way you see the world. Identify the customs and traditions that are distinct you these groups and how they've influenced you.

Your Cultural Identity: Padlet

World History: D-Day/Saving Private Ryan Makeup

For those that can't see the film in class, take a look at the below websites to identify what it would have been like to experience this event first-hand.

Voices of D-Day (Need Headphones)
Letters to Home
British Soldiers involved on D-Day

World History: Night

Directions: As you read Night, answer the questions from each section and define the terms listed for each section.  Make a copy of the document and type directly into it.

Night Questions & Vocabulary

Use these online summaries to help you understand what you are reading:

Sparknotes
Schmoop
Gradesaver

World History: Storify World War II

Directions: This blog post will list out the many entries you will make related to your WWII Storify assignment. I will continuously update the post throughout, so you know exactly what you need on there.

For some of these posts and the requirements you will have to work on it in class, and either on your phones or at home outside of class unless there are connectivity issues (i.e., can't access Facebook or Instagram posts from the school network)

Link to the original Storify Post

Entry #3: Turning Points 2, 3, &4 - Operation Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, D-Day
Directions: In 2 original paragraphs, summarize how the last 3 turning points we have covered in class have in fact been turning points in the war. Look over your notes, and information I have provided you.

Add 5 different elements related to the subject matter that correlate with the events.


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Entry #2: Turning Point #1 - The Battle of Britain
Directions: Read the article, looking at the primary sources, auxiliary sources, and links on the right-hand side on the page.  When finished, update your WWII Storify by answering the below question in 2 paragraphs (6-9 sentences each). Provide specific information from the secondary and primary sources from the article.

Website: The Battle of Britain

Essential Question: How was the Battle of Britain a turning point in WWII? How did Churchill's leadership provide an opportunity for Britain to hold off the Germans during the Summer and Fall of 1940?

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Entry #1: What I Know & Am Curious About
Requirements: 

• Written text about What You Already Know About WWII in paragraph form - At least 1 paragraph but you could write more
• Written text about What You are Curious About in paragraph form - At least 1 paragraph but you could write more
• Other Elements Related to What You're Curious About: You must seek out information about what you want to know using 3 of the following different elements:
• Youtube Video
• Links to websites
• Instagram Pics
• Tweets
• Pictures
• Facebook Posts
• Google+ posts

World History X: The War in Europe to 1941

Directions: Using the Interactive map in the below site, you and a partner will collaborate together in finding out what happened in WWII through the year 1941. Use the site to collect information on each of the listed events on the Google Doc below.  The purpose of this activity is to gain a sense of how the Axis powers were able to dominate in the first 2 years of fighting in Europe.

When finished, each person in the partnership must select 3 events where they will look for images related to that event.  Find 3 images for each event (total of 9) and paste them inside the Google Doc you are both working in.

Interactive WWII Map - European Theater

Google Doc of Events -- one of you makes a copy, and then shares that copy with editing rights with the other

Psychology: Mind Lab - Sensation & Perception

Directions: Go through each of the 4 modules on the below site looking at how we use sensation and perception to understand the world around us. After, go to the Padlet Response site to answer the questions below.

Sensation & Perception Web Modules

Questions to Answer:
1. Which modules or concepts made the most sense to you as you went through them? Explain why

2. Which modules or concepts made the least amount of sense, or confused you? Explain why

3. Based on this activity, how do we use sensation and perception to understand the world around us?

Padlet Response