Literature of the Holocaust
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR ALL SENIORS WHO ARE TAKING LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST.
Read a nonfiction book of your choice about a topic (not about a person - no memoirs or biographies - and not about a specific event.)
Thinking questions:
What impact did this topic have on the world at the time of the writing?
Does it still influence us at all today?
How do you relate to this topic?
What have you learned about this topic from the book and what do you still want to know?
Here are some possible topics to read about.
Hobbies--collecting, creating
Music--performing, enjoying
Sports--controversy, history
Travel--exotic, adventure, sightseeing
Entertainment--medium, history
Technology--prediction, history, effects on society
Art-- technique, appreciation, period
Human Relationships--advice, analysis, history
Politics--US past and present (but not about a particular person)
World History--current and past