Introduction to Night and Maus

October 24, 2017

Standard: 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

E.Q: Identify central ideas of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text and provide an objective summary.

Starter: 

Reflect on your Macbeth final project.

Write five sentences, including what you are proud of and what you would have done differently.

Consider all three different components from the project. 

Vocabulary: 

Word: Memoir

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Give an example of a memoir. 

Activity: 

1. Introduction to Night and Maus

Our next unit will focus on Maus by Art Spiegelman and Night by Elie Wiesel.

Both novels focus on two families during the holocaust.

What have you learned about the Holocaust so far?

Read through the links below and complete the 3-2-1

• Overview
• Timeline
• Topics
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• Complete a 3-2-1
• 3 Write three summaries.  You should write one summary per link.
• 2 questions that you have about this information 
• 1 Fact that you found interesting. 

Then, read the quote by Elie Wiesel: “[T]he world did know [about the suffering of the Jews during WWII] and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the center of the universe.”  - Elie Wiesel

Below your 3-2-1 infer what that quote reveals about the author.

What can we learn and take away from this quote?

3. Personal Memoir

Think about a specific time in your life that was significant and impacting to your character.

Write a one page memoir describing this event of your life in detail.

You may use the image below as an example.

Closure:

Predict what will happen in these two books.