Holocaust Journal Entries

1. Holocaust Journal Entries

2. Journal #1 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • Where and when have you been taught anything about the Holocaust in the past? What do you know about the Holocaust as a result of your past education? • What questions do you have about the Holocaust, if any?

3. Journal #2 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • Do you believe that there are any books that should be censored (forbidden, outlawed)? Defend your answer. • At what school age do you believe that children are the most impressionable? Why that age?

4. Journal #3 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. A. If school became voluntary for all ages, would you still continue to come? Why or why not? B. If you were forbidden to come to school after elementary school, would you protest? Why or why not?

5. Journal #4 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • What is patriotism? Is there such a thing as excessive patriotism? How patriotic are you? • B. After watching the film Confessions of a Hitler Youth, respond to the following quote, telling whether or not you agree with it, defending your answer with examples: • “The experience of the Hitler Youths in Nazi Germany constitutes a massive case of child abuse.”

6. Journal #5 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • Do you think that viewing disturbing images in black and white makes a difference in your reaction to them? • What is the most graphic thing you have ever seen, and how often do you view disturbing images?

7. Journal #6 Remember always to write the journal number and the date. Answer in complete sentences. If Thomas from SWING KIDS wrote a letter to Peter in the concentration camp and it was only three sentences long, what would the letter say? Write the letter for your journal entry.

8. Journal #7 Remember always to write the journal number and the date. Answer in complete sentences. • Which of the victims groups from yesterday are still targeted today? Why do you think that those groups are still targeted? • What new groups have become targets in our society today? Why do you think those groups are targeted?

9. Journal #8 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • In the poem “Hitler’s First Photograph,” which images give you a different perspective of Hitler? What is the foreshadowing at the end? • For each picture in the PowerPoint on Hitler, list one significant fact about him.

10. Journal #9 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • If the type of music you listen to was suddenly outlawed, would you rebel, even if it meant going to jail? Why or why not? • Describe how you think the listeners of your forbidden music would rebel as a group.

11. Journal #10 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. If you were suddenly told that you would be leaving your home forever and could only take five small items that you could fit in a backpack, what would you choose to take and why? (Make a list with an explanation)

12. Journal #11 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. Write your full name and then describe the meaning of your name, or if you don’t know that, anything significant about your name. Why do you think your parents gave you the names that they did? Explain in as much detail as you can, even sharing any significant family history.

13. Journal #12 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. When, if ever, is it acceptable to tell a lie?

14. Journal #13 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • List five adjectives to describe Schindler. • List five events that happen in the movie today.

15. Journal #14 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • What does the color red symbolize? • What is the importance of the little girl in the red coat?

16. Journal #15 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • Define Spiritual Resistance in your own words. • Do you think that spiritual resistance is more or less effective than physical resistance?

17. Journal #16 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. Do you believe that people who stand by and watch injustice happen are just as guilty as the perpetrators? Explain your answer.

18. Journal #17 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. Should there be a law in the United States against Holocaust Denial? Why or why not?

19. Journal #18 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. Should Internet filters be used to protect young people from offensive material on the Internet?Explain your answer

20. Journal #19 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. • List three things you think you know about Rwanda. • List five similarities and five differences between the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda.

21. Journal #20 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. List what you know about the following places: Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur.

22. Journal #21 Remember always to write the journal number, date, and the journal topic. Answer in complete sentences. If I could only teach one part of this unit again, which part should I teach and why?