November 27 to December 21

November 27 to December 21 

Genocide- the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Purposes

To examine the causes and effects of genocide

To remember and honor the fallen

To examine how to end current genocide

Objective

Students will write a coherent and logical essay discussing either the causes or effects of genocide or create a poster on the events and concepts studied.

Students will support their thesis statements with reading, observations, quotes, and personal experiences. Due Dec. 14

Materials

Hotel Rwanda-film

Night by Elie Wiesel- novel

“The Shawl”

Selected Poems

Interviews, audio, and websites from a variety of Holocaust museums

Daily Activities and Homework Assignments

Days	Class Activities	Homework
11/27	Presentation on the Holocaust Complete pages 3-22 in pairs and complete section 1 chart in pairs Clip and bio on Elie Wiesel and visuals from Auschwitz	Complete pre-reading questions
11/28	Read pages 23-46 in class	Complete Reading questions for sections 1-3
11/29	This I Believe Essay Due Read Pages 27-45	Complete Reading questions for section 4
11/30	Present This I Believe Essay to the Class	Send essay to This I Believe.org for extra credit
12/3 and 12/4	Read list of Judaic and Night Vocab then create word wall Complete guided notes on vocabulary	Read pages 47-65 for HW
12/5 to12/7	Complete the Novel Road Map to Success for Sections 1-4 of Night, and complete viewing of Wiesel interviews	Pages 66-84 for HW
12/10	Poster Collage on The Destructive Power of Hatred	Lit Circle HW for sections 1-5 of Night
12/12	Lit circles sections 1-5 of Night and read section 6 as a group	Complete Road map for success for sections 5 and 6 of Night
11/13	Box Car Activity and Complete Sections 7 and 8 of Night in class	Complete Road map for success for sections 7 and 8 of Night
11/14	Night Test
	Genocide Webquest
	Watch Hotel Rwanda and complete the major works data sheet Sheet must be written in complete sentences and use details from the film to explain your statements. Please remember that the film documents actual events that took place in Africa in the 90’s. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda.
	Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman
	“The Shawl” and Selected Poems

Extra Credit and Test Review

Activity on figurative language and irony (see packet) Clips of author interviews	Lit circle on Night
Lit Circle Taking a Different Perspective: Voices of Victims Letter
Web quest on causes and effects of the Holocaust