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**Introduction to Night by Elie Wiesel** (Grade 10-12)

Master Teacher

Vicki Mayfield

Time Allotment

Two class periods

Overview

By using three Web sites and seeing a segment of the video Seared Souls, students will have background knowledge of the Holocaust to prepare them to read a segment of Night by Elie Wiesel.

Subject Matter

English
World History
American History

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

Understand vocabulary of the Holocaust;
Understand the Jewish population in Rumania as well as all of Europe at the time of World War II;
Locate Auschwitz/Buna;
Set up a Word Document and e-mail it;
Write a paragraph about what they learned from the program Seared Souls.

South Carolina Standards

Visit SC English Standards Web site

English 2

E2-R3.2

Demonstrate the ability to use context analysis to determine the meanings of unfamiliar and multiple-meaning words.

E2-RS3.1

Demonstrate the ability to synthesize information from a variety of sources, including those accessed through the use of technology.

E2-W1.3

Demonstrate the ability to develop an extended response around a central idea, using relevant supporting details.

E2-W1.6.5

Demonstrate the ability to use the Internet to communicate with others.

Media Components

Video

Seared Souls, produced by SCETV, traces the story of the Holocaust through the experiences of survivors who became South Carolinians.

Web Sites

Vocabulary Word List for the Holocaust is a worksheet that can be printed off the Web site.

Maps of Concentration Camps in Europe and Jews in Europe in 1939 at start of WW II

Map of Auschwitz

Materials

Activity Sheet 1: Vocabulary Definitions
Activity Sheet 2: Map Questions

Equipment

One computer for each student in the computer lab or three students per computer.
TV
VCR

Prep for Teachers

Preview the three Web sites:

Arrange for the computer lab and bookmark the Internet sites on the students' computers.

Make a copy of Activity Sheets 1 and 2 for each student.

Make sure all students have e-mail addresses and they know your e-mail address.

Preview the video Seared Souls.

When using media, provide students with a Focus for Media Interaction, a specific task to complete and/or information to identify during or after viewing of video segments, Web sites or other multimedia elements,

Introductory Activity (Day 1)

Step 1: Instruct students to visit the Web site for the vocabulary definitions for the Holocaust at http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/soc_studies/holocaust/vocab/.

Step 2: Distribute Activity Sheet 1. Provide students with a Focus for Media Interaction by asking them to fill in the definitions of the vocabulary words on the activity sheet.

Learning Activity

Step 1: Instruct students to access

Maps of Concentration Camps in Europe and Jews in Europe in 1939 at start of WW II (http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/ holocaust/resource/gallery/maps.htm) and

Map of Auschwitz
(http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/ Holocaust/holomaptoc.html).

Step 2: Distribute Activity Sheet 2. Provide students with a Focus for Media Interaction by asking them to follow the directions on the activity sheet, answer the questions, put their answers in a Word Document, and e-mail them to you.

Culminating Activity (Day 2)

Step 1: Students will view the video Seared Souls. Explain that the people talking are survivors of the Holocaust who came to America after the war and settled in South Carolina.

Step 2: START the video when you hear this phrase: "This led to the Holocaust." Continue until The Gathering Storm. FAST FORWARD to the Wannsee Conference. CONTINUE until the end of this colored segment. FAST FORWARD until you see Ben Stern-Poland (he is one of the survivors who is interviewed). CONTINUE until the end of the next segment of Ben Stern-Poland. This will be about 25 to 30 minutes.

Step 2: Instruct students to write a paragraph of no less than eight sentences telling what they learned about the Holocaust from the video. They should pay special attention to what they did not know before the film. The paragraph should include at least five specific details. The thesis sentence should be: The film Seared Souls increased my understanding of the Holocaust.

Assessment

Use the e-mail Word Document of the Learning Activity and the paragraph from the Culminating Activity for the student Assessment.

Cross-Curricular Extensions

Art/Design: Design an advertisement for the program Seared Souls.

Community Connections

Invite any local survivor or relative of a survivor from a concentration camp to come and share their memories.

Student Materials

An e-mail address
A floppy disc that can be used to type a Word Document.