1. DO-NOW: IF SOMEBODY SEES FACES OF DEAD PEOPLE AND CONSTANTLY GOES FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT IN HIS MIND, WHAT KIND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS WOULD YOU GIVE HIM? 4/9/15 AIM: HOW DOES THE NARRATOR OF DAWN GIVE HINTS TO HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION?

2. NARRATOR: ELISHA Elisha is an eighteen-year-old young man, going on nineteen. He spends several years at Buchenwald before being freed by Americans. He moves to Palestine and joins the Movement, a terrorist group opposed to the British government’s rule. He is very thoughtful, contemplating man's actions and his own place in the scheme of things.

3. CHARACTERS: GAD AND ILANA Gad recruits Elisha into the Movement and brings him to Palestine from Paris. Ilana is a young woman, fiance to Gad and member of the Movement

4. CHAPTER 1 PART 1 What is Elisha as he looks out the window as the sun goes down, thinking about? Where did Elisha meet the beggar? Who might the beggar be? What was the synagogue like? Why did the beggar say not to be afraid of the dark? How can you distinguish between night and day? What face did Elisha see in the window?

5. CHAPTER 1 PART 2 When was the execution? What happened a month ago? How did the Old Man communicate? How was John Dawson chosen? How did the English respond to his capture? Who was in charge of the British government? Why did the Old Man say they had to kill John Dawson? How did the British government respond? How did Elisha feel when he found out he had to kill John Dawson?

6. CHAPTER 2: EXPOSITION What happened when Elisha was freed from a concentration camp? Why was Elisha interested in philosophy? Describe the first interaction between Elisha and Gad What did Elisha learn in the Hasidic tradition about Meshulah? What does Gad offer Elisha with his future? What is the age-old Jewish dream? What will happen with David ben Moshe?

7. CHAPTER 3: IDEOLOGY OF A TERRORIST What were the circumstances in which Elisha had already killed? When did The Movement attack? Who was in charge of the terrorist instruction, and what did they learn? What was the problem with being “pure of heart”? What is the “one purpose” of the terrorists? What is the “eleventh commandment”? What is the “Messianic world”?

8. CHAPTER 3: IDEOLOGY OF A TERRORIST “What ISIS Really Wants” in The Atlantic monthly Scroll down to section III: The Apocalypse What are the three “worldly goals” of al Qaeda? What are the worldly concerns of ISIS? What is the leitmotif of ISIS propaganda? What did Osama and al Qaeda think about the Apocalypse? What is the importance of Dabiq? What is the importance of Rome? Who will return after the battle of Dabiq?