1. Crimes against humanity
Genocide
Holocaust
Crimes against humanity
What do these terms mean to you? What do they make you think of? What words or ideas come to mind in thinking about these terms? What questions (I wonder why?) can you come up with related to these terms?
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Night
By Elie Wiesel
“The Holocaust is a central event in many people’s lives, but it has also become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it.”
-Aharon Appelfeld
Use the space provided to jot down some of your ideas about what are characteristics of a good short story:
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Genocide
Geno-
cide
Geno – from the Greek word genos, which means birth, race, of a similar kind
-Cide – from the French word cida, which means to cut, kill
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Genocide
Task: In your notes, create a cluster diagram or web around the term and definition of Genocide. Include at least 5-7 important concepts. You may incorporate ideas we covered in the beginning of class.
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Essential questions…
How should we remember past genocides or crimes against humanity? Why should we?
How does human conflict at all levels impact society and the people in it?
What social responsibility do we have to prevent future crimes against humanity?
How does Elie Wiesel convey the inhumanity and humanity associated with the Holocaust in the novel Night?
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How does Elie Wiesel convey the inhumanity and humanity associated with the Holocaust in the novel Night?
With a partner, come up with a definition for each of these terms. Be ready to share
Inhumanity –
Humanity –
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7. The novel begins in Sighet, Transylvania.
Elie Wiesel’s Night…
The novel begins in Sighet, Transylvania.
During the early years of World War II, Sighet remained relatively unaffected by the war. The Jews in Sighet believed that they would be safe from the persecution that Jews in Germany and Poland suffered.
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Night continued…
In 1944, however, Elie and all the other Jews in town were roded up in cattle cars deported and sent to concentration camps in Poland. He was 14.
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10. They were sent to Auschwitz and another concentration camp.
Night continued…
They were sent to Auschwitz and another concentration camp.
Roll call in Buchenwald, February 1941
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Night continued…
After surviving the Nazi concentration camps, Wiesel vowed never to write about his horrific experiences.
He eventually changed his mind and wrote Night in Wiesel won the Nobel Prize in 1986
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Night unit overview
Reading Night by Elie Wiesel
Completing study questions for each chapter
Study of genocide and other crimes against humanity
Discussion of Night
Vocabulary from Night
Writing poetry related to and inspired by the novel…
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