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Marsilia periods 3 and 4 Homework

Marsilia periods 3 and 4 Homework. 1. Interpret the following quote: “The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.” Stephen Ambrose

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Marsilia periods 3 and 4 Homework

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  1. Marsilia periods 3 and 4 Homework • 1. Interpret the following quote: • “The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.”Stephen Ambrose • Begin with, Stephen Ambrose once said, “The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.” This quote means, (write in your own words what it means. I (agree or disagree and give evidence to support your position • 2.

  2. 3. Explain Wiesel’s words in a paragraph. Use the text and your feelings. • “The soup tasted better than ever…That night, the soup tasted like corpses.” • Complete summary worksheet and write a paragraph based on your notes • Exit slip: Can thefunctionaries themselves who are prisoners be just as cruel as those who lead them? Explain in a paragraph • 4.

  3. 5. Interpret the following quote: • “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.”― Voltaire • Interpret the quote and tell how this quote relates to Elie. Cite examples from the text to support your answer. • 6. Summary: "Why, but why should I bless Him? In every fiber, I rebelled. Because He had had thousands of children burned in his pits? Because He kept six crematories working night and day, on Sundays and feast days? Because on His great might, He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many factories of death" (67)? Essential Question: Who is to blame? Explain in a paragraph. • 7. Exit slip: Elie states, “The last day of the year. The word “last” had an odd ring to it.” Why did he say this? Why would that statement be considered ironic? How would you change after witnessing such brutality? Explain. • 8. Vocabulary: • Blockalteste, Lageralteste- Senior camp inmate, cauldron, Lagerkapo, Kaddish • Lager-camp or warehouse, achtung, appelplatzAppellplatz (often spelled, appelplatz) is a compound German word meaning "roll call" (Appell) and "area" or "place" (Platz). • 9. Homework: Should Elie regain his faith or continue to be angry? Explain in a paragraph. • 10. Cite, Answer and Explain • On page 66 and 67, what questions did Elie ask God? Cite at least four questions and explain why he is questioning God. • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • On page 68, Elie is the accuser and God is the accused. Explain Elie’s internal feelings by citing the text. • On page 69, what is Elie’s attitude towards God during the holiday of Yom Kippur. Cite examples and tell why this holiday appears ironic to Elie

  4. 11. The following quote is from "Mengele, the Complete Story": • “The memory of this slightly built man, scarcely a hair out of place, his dark green tunic neatly pressed, his face well scrubbed, his Death's Head SS cap tilted rakishly to one side, remains vivid for those who survived his scrutiny when they arrived at the Auschwitz railhead. Polished boots slightly apart, his thumb resting on his pistol belt, he surveyed his prey with those dead gimlet eyes, Death to the left, life to the right. Four hundred thousands souls -- babies, small children, young girls, mothers, fathers, and grandparents -- are said to have been casually waved to the left hand side with a flick of the cane clasped in a gloved hand. Mengele was the chief provider for the gas chambers and their crematoria. He had a look that said 'I am the power,' said one survivor. At the time, Mengele was only 32 years old.” • Reading pages 71-77 • Guided reading: have groups respond to the following questions • Page 70 Cite the text • On page 71, what advice did the head of the block give everyone about surviving the selection? • On page 72, describe Dr. Mengele’s actions. • On page 72, describe what Elie was going through and his thoughts and actions during the selection. • On page 72, those whose numbers were written down, how did they react? Cite the text • The conditions at night before the selection, “A merciless selection.” What did Elie mean by this statement? Write down 5 questions about this quote • Assessment: The selection. Your thoughts. • Homework: Summary pages 71-77, reference text.

  5. 15. Motivation: • What was Elie’s inheritance? Why were these two items important according to Elie’s father? • If you needed to leave something for someone in your family, what would it be? Why? • Vocabulary: dysentery, infirmary, Red Army • 16. Interpret and explain the quote. Tell how the quote reflects Elie’s journey. • “Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., Why We Can't Wait • Begin with, Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.” This quote means (Write what the quote means in your own words). I (agree or disagree) with the quote because (Write why you agree or disagree). This statement relates to Elie Wiesel in NIGHT…(Cite the text to give examples about how this quote relates to Wiesel. Identify and write the page numbers of your evidence • 17. Explain the following from pages 90-97 • Juliek • Rabbi Eliahu • Evacuation of Buna • 18. Motivation: Would you leave your loved one if it were a matter of life and death? Could that situation ever be justified. Elicit discussion • 19. Exit: Your impressions in a paragraph about the memoir • Homework: Write down 6 questions you have for Elie Wiesel • 20. • Explain the following from Night on pages 77-89 Cite evidence and write the page number where you got your information from. • 1. Marching • 2. Clowns • 3. Zalman • 4. Snow • 5. Sleep • 21. Reading page 90-110. Have students write five questions about today’s reading

  6. 22. Summary: Have students discuss the aim and write down their • Opinions. Have them justify their opinions with evidence from the text • Homework: Worksheet • Did the liberation of Buchenwald have a dramatic effect on Elie? • Aim: Did the liberation of Buchenwald put an end to Elie’s suffering?

  7. Interpret and explain the quote. Demonstrate how this quote connects with NIGHT. • “Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.”― Yehuda Bauer • 24 Exit: “I might have found something like: Free at last!...” 112 • “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.” 115 • Explain why Elie said this and the circumstances • 25. Homework: Create 5 Essential Questions for an Argumentative Essay • .

  8. Write an effective summary based on the emotional, physical and spiritual abuse of Elie Wiesel and his father. • 27. Do Now: Explain the following quotes and why they are examples of foreshadowing. • "Jews, listen to me! It's all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!“ page 7 • “The German troops have penetrated Hungarian territory. In less than three days German army vehicles made their appearance on our streets.” page 9 • The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it ... • (Poor Father! Of what then did you die?)page11 • 28. Motivation: Think about a time in your life where you were effected emotionally, spiritually and physically. Elicit responses and discussions • 29. • Exit: Write down 5 questions about anything from Night that someone might argue

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