Post date: Mar 15, 2015 3:45:05 PM
Due to technical error just read the section in this color for the correct information for the week of 3/16-3/20.
This week we will be studying the events of the Holocaust using a variety of materials in addition to the books. We will read and watch primary sources in addition to an activity that looks closely at children of the Holocaust. Towards the end of the week we will start the Ch 14 looking at WWII. We should conclude this chapter just before spring break.
MONDAY 3/16--Daily Work, Go over notes from book and do group activity on children in the Holocaust. This is where you will be assigned a person from the time period and based on what you learned make predictions about what happened to them during this time in history. Groups will share he stories and predictions to further learn about the many that died and survived the policies of the Nazis in WWII. We will also have a writing assignment about the people where you write a journal entry or letter as I you were that person.
TUESDAY 3/17--Daily Work, Start film Survivors of the Holocaust produced by Stephen Spielberg. Students are to write down several of the more memorable stories that were shared in the film. Read chapter from Eva Kor's book about Auschwitz. Assign Ch 14 Section 1 and 2 to read at home.
WEDNESDAY 3/18--Daily Work, Conclude Holocaust information with film and notes turned in for a grade. Begin going over Ch 14 Section 1 in class. Suggested reading section 3 at home.
THURSDAY 3/19--Daily Work, Sections 2 and 3 notes with propaganda pictures and film clip of 3 Little Pigs. Suggested Reading Section 4 of Ch 14.
FRIDAY 3/20--Daily Work--DUE TODAY, Propaganda poster assignment, Section 4 Notes. Poster/social media assgnment due MONDAY
DAILY WORK
MONDAY 3/16--Do you think you could have survived living during the Holocaust era if you had been sent to the camps or ghettoes? Explain your answer.
TUESDAY 3/17--Look at p. 470 and answer the questions under Analyzing Geography.
WEDNESDAY 3/18--Look at Questions 1, 2 and 3 on p. 473 and answer using the Primary Resources.
THURSDAY 3/19--Look at Questions 4 and 5 on p. 473 and answer using the Primary Resources.
FRIDAY 3/20--Current Events