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Night

A Web Quest

You are about to Embark on a Mission that could save the future of Humanity!

This Web Quest was designed to be used as a pre-reading activity for the book Night in the traditional 9-12^th grade English classroom. This Web Quest combines the traditional elements of literature with the use of technology in order to meet Student NETS, Kentucky Core Content and Learner Goals and Expectations. Students will also develop research and presentation skills as well as gain the ability to navigate the internet.

Introduction:

You will soon begin reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel. In preparation for this reading, it is extremely important that you gain the necessary background information in order to understand what Mr. Wiesel is referring to. This book is very disturbing as Mr. Wiesel shares his experiences in a Nazi Concentration Camp during World War II. Throughout the book, you will read about his horrific journey through the evil and terrible process a young Jew in Hitler’s way often suffered.

Mr. Wiesel has taken it upon himself to “bear witness” and share his testimony with the world in hopes to prevent such terrible genocide in the future. He has left his written word so that the world may never forget… “When we are forgotten, we cease to exist.”

Task:

Your community is contemplating building its own museum dedicated to remembering victims of execution all over the world. Your class has been put in charge of accumulating information regarding the history of the Holocaust and how it has affected our world today. Among your class, you will be divided into smaller groups of four- five and each group then asked to research aspects of the Holocaust. You should assign roles and research to each person in your group. Once your group members have researched your group’s topic on the approved sites, they should answer the questions following on the topic. It is important that each person do their individual research and then compile the information as a group as the second task. Each member of the group then should share the information they found with their remaining group members. This information will then be used to create a PowerPoint presentation in which your group will present your findings to the class.

Process:

1) Assign a role to each member of group:

Fuhrer: Leader delegates tasks to group

Recorder: Compiles responses to questions

Task Person: Keep all members of group on task

Time Keeper: Ensures time used resourcefully

Speaker: Shares information on PowerPoint with the class

!!! All Members of the group are responsible for helping with

the production of the PowerPoint presentation. It is up to each individual group how you do this!!!

2) Divide research up among your group and begin researching to find answers to your topic related questions!

3) Use the information your group members researched to

create a power point presentation in order to inform the

class about the topics. (Helpful Hint: You may want to each individually create your slides then import/ copy and paste them to final.)

Topic 1:

What was Kristallnacht (Crystal Night or “The Night of

Broken Glass)?

Picture compliments of: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/frame.htm

Questions:

1. When did Kristallnacht happen and what was Kristallnacht?

2. What was the supposed spark that initiated this violence?

3. What was the role of police on this night?

4. What is a “pogrom?”

5. After Kristallnacht, what happened to many Jews?

6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to search:

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/issues/k-night2.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/issues/k-night1.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/frame.htm

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/kristall.htm

Topic 2:

How did Hitler gain power and begin Nazi Rule?

Picture Compliments of: http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t030/t03022.html

Questions:

1. How and when did Hitler gain power and what was the Third Reich?

2. Who were the SS?

3. What was “Nazi Propaganda” and how was it used?

4. What is Euthanasia?

5. What is “Anti-Semitism?”

6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search:

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/nrule.htm

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t055/t05584.html

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t024/t02404.html

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Topic 3:

What was life like in a Concentration Camp?

Picture compliments of: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Questions:

1. What are some of the things that happened to the prisoners when they first got to the camps?

2. What was “Selection?”

3. What was the difference between death camps and labor camps?

4. What happened to the personal items people brought with them?

5. What were a crematorium and a gas chamber?

6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

Sites to Search:

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t035/t03559.html

http://www1.yadvashem.org.il/Odot/prog/index_before_change_table.asp?gate=1-5

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Topic 4:

Did anyone try to save the Jews?

Picture compliments of http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/rr.html

Questions:

1. How did some people try to rescue Jews?

2. What was the “Resistance” movement?

3. How were some children hidden?

4. What happened during uprisings in camps?

5. What happened during uprisings in the ghettos?

6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/index.html

http://www.rongreene.com/Sug.html

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/rr.html

http://www1.yadvashem.org.il/Odot/prog/index_before_change_table.asp?gate=1-7

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Topic 5:

What was a “ghetto?”

Picture compliments of: http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t025/t02556.html

Questions:

1. How was a ghetto formed?

2. What kind of things did they have in a ghetto?

3. What were some of the rules of the ghetto?

4. How did the Nazi’s keep the Jews in the Ghetto?

5. What happened after Jews left the ghettos?

6. Add any other interesting facts you think would be valuable to your research.

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t036/t03616.html

http://www1.yadvashem.org.il/Odot/prog/index_before_change_table.asp?gate=1-4

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Topic 6:

What was the “Final Solution?”

Picture compliments of: http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/fs.html

Questions:

1. What was the “Final Solution?”

2. Who were implementers of the “Final Solution?”

3. How was the “Final Solution” supposed to be carried out?

4. How many Jewish lives were lost as a result of “The Final Solution” and the Holocaust?

5. Add any other interesting facts you think would be

valuable to your research.

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/fs.html

http://www1.yadvashem.org.il/Odot/prog/index_before_change_table.asp?gate=1-6

http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t023/t02323.html

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Picture compliments of: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Other Links that may be helpful in all topics:

Timeline

http://remember.org/educate/mtimeline.html

Vocabulary

http://remember.org/educate/vocabulary.html

Pictures

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/phototoc.html

Other information:

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

General information covering many topics of the Holocaust

http://www.candles-museum.com/

Focuses mostly on German Experiments on Children by the infamous Dr. Mengele.

Evaluation:

You will be assessed based on 2 different criteria:

1) Web Quest:

¨ Answers to questions will be graded

¨ Ability to work on computer and research

¨ Ability to work with a group

2) PowerPoint Rubric:

______ Colorful/ easy to see/ easy to read (10 pts)

______ Graphics used appropriately (10 pts)

______ 10 + slides (10 pts)

______ Spelling (10 pts)

______ Space/ graphic organizers/presentation

neat and orderly (10 pts)

______ Main points highlighted, not just

paragraphs to read (10 pts)

______ Appropriately illustrates research/ Professional, sources cited, information accurate (40 pts)

___/100 Total for PowerPoint Presentation

Conclusion:

Hopefully after your research you have found some of the events leading up to and defining the Holocaust and can be prepared to share this information with the rest of the world. Unfortunately no matter how many facts or how much research we do, we cannot possibly begin to imagine the terrifying events many of the survivors faced. Keep in mind as we begin reading the book Night, all of the information you have researched and use it to help you attempt to imagine the world that shaped Elie Weisel’s childhood.