Novel Introduction: Webquest
Follow the directions on this teacher's webquest. Write your answers on notebook paper.
http://www.mrsoshouse.com/ext/night.html
Link to answer Question 11: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005378
Google + Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/115677910254139602204
Post-reading Research Topics:
Berlin Olympics: Jesse Owens Joe Louis & Max Shmeling
Victims (Other): Jehovah's Witnesses Gypsies Handicapped
Nazis: Himmler Goebbels Mengele
Propaganda: techniques & WWII Posters
German Resistance: Nancy Wake Oskar Schindler White Rose Group Operation Valkyrie (Yes, I
know it's a Wikipedia site
Bystanders: NY Times Article (Make sure you follow the link to the exhibit)
Babi Yar and A Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto
(American) SS St. Louis & The Sound of Silence (song by Simon & Garfunkel)
Gestapos & the SS -- click on the + to open the definitions
Concentration Camps: Dachau Auschwitz Buchenwald
America Enters WWII: Pearl Harbor
Japanese Internment Camps (Yes, I know this is a Wikipedia site, but it has all
the information I was you to know about the history and camp conditions.
Interment Camp Survivor Stories
Assignment: Before you read: the web page, write about what interested you in the topic (Why did you choose it?).
While you read: take notes on important details so you'll be able to explain the topic to another person.
After you read: complete the following writing assignment in Google Docs: Write and interior monologue (a character talking to him/herself) about the topic. What does the character witness/see? Put your reader into the topic by using details from your research. Your monologue should be between 125 & 175 words. Share your writing with me: smccabe29@gmail.com.
Technology enhancement: (1) Create a Voki avatar to represent you OR your character. Sign in as wlhsmccaberebels@gmail.com & password = rebels11 .Revise your monologue to fit in the "voice" space. Listen to the playback -- you may have to adjust your spelling and/or punctuation so the computer voice reads it correctly. ONLY ENGLISH.
(2) Copy & paste your Voki on our Padlet site.