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Ninth Grade Honors - "NIGHT"

Journal Characters: 
What happened to them?

Helene Melanie Lebel

Magdalena Kusserow

Johanna (Hanne) Hirsch

Ivo Herzer

Joseph Gani

Bertha Adler

Jakob Frenkiel

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"Night"  Text Book: Read Pages entire novel by the end of the unit

Activities 

Day 1  (Thursday 3-22-01)
*Pre-test
*Holocaust packet and class discussion.

Homework:
**"Night": Read chapters 1-3
**Start study guide
**Start 2 post it notes per chapter for class discussions.

Day 2  (Monday 3-26-01)
*Pass out pictures of the Holocaust and have students journal
on two pictures (need at least 1 paragraph with a title and caption).
*Class discussion on journal entries, chapter quiz, and pass out 
vocabulary words.
*Pass out individual people for students to journal on and have 
them create their own journal. Journal in first person, meet up with
main character (Elie), and incorporate details to allow them to travel
or talk with each other. 
*Take chapter quiz.

Homework :
**"Night": Read chapters 4-6
**Study guide, post it notes, and diary entries.

Day 3  (Wed.3-28-01)                                                                                        
*Discuss novel and post it notes.
*Review study guide, events, characters, and concepts in novel.
*Discuss and share diary entries.
*Take chapter quiz and vocabulary quiz.
*Go to computer lab and go over teacher presentation, then have
students look at various links and information to produce their
own power point presentation from the four topics given to them.
*Students will get in pairs of two and create a power point project
on the following topics:
           You need to pick one of the following activities to create a power point presentation:
1.  By using the journal character that you were given, create a "My life" of that character. 
2.  Pick a group of people (such as in race, religion, jobs, etc.) and research how they were 
affected by Hitler and World War II. (You could pick children, Christians, handicap 
people, etc.).
3.  Research what people did to fight back against Hitler and the Nazis. Research how people
resisted by hiding, fighting, speaking out, or how non-Jewish people helped others.
4.  Do a "my life" on Hitler's life and answer the questions why he persecuted the Jewish 
people, why he wanted the Aryan race, and why he did what he did.
5.  Do a "my life" on the author Elie Wiesel.
          (see above at the top of the page for link and picture options)

          ****Requirements: You will need to have the following in your power point 
                  presentation (you may work with one partner or by yourself).
          1.  Title page (title must be creative and tie into your topic)
          2.  Name, date, and internet sights either on your project or printed out
               and turned in with your project.
          3.  Place at least 5 pictures from internet sights or photos you decide to scan in.
          4.  Need at least 2 different sound clips.
          5.  Need backgrounds, page animation, and custom animation.
          6.  Need 5-6 slides (pages), they must flow on your topic, and create an 
               interesting and informational story line.
          7.  Spelling, grammar, and creativity count
          8.  Presentation (your presentation must be planned out, flow, but don't be boring.)

Homework:
**"Night": Read chapters 7-8
**Study guide, post it notes, and diaries.
**Look up this project at home and go to various sites to help you with your
power point project/presentation.
**Bring internet cards

Day 4    (Friday 3-30-01)
*Go into the computer lab and work on power point projects, refer to this page
for your homework and project requirements.
*Briefly go over post it notes, diaries, and study guides.
*At the end of class start power point presentations??
Homework:
**"Night": Read the rest of the novel
**Study guide, post it notes, and diaries.
**Continue to look up this project at home and go to various sites to help you with your power
point projects/presentations.
**Vocabulary - do definitions only, quiz next class. (Click on Vocabulary
to get your words.)

Day 5    (Tuesday 4-3-01)
*Go into computer lab and work on power point projects (finish presentations).
*Briefly go over post it notes, diaries, and study guides.
*Take vocabulary quiz
*Review for test
*******If we are not able to go into the computer lab, we will review
the novel, take an end of the novel quiz, and talk about the Power of Persuasion
that WWII had on people all over the world (you will create and present your
own propaganda posters).

Homework:
**Study for test 
**Study guides, post it notes, diaries, and novels are due next class.

Day 6  (Thursday 4-5-01)
*Collect study guides, post it notes, diaries, and novels.
*Take test
*Pass out journal "real life" characters (containing the rest of the information regarding the fate
of the journal character). Do a one page separate diary entry either changing
the history of your character or a one page re-write of the ending of the novel
"Night" by re-writing history.

Homework:
**Word Search - - test your knowledge! (click on "word search" and print out your copy)
**Bring your internet cards!!

Day 7  (Monday 4-16-01)
*Collect one page papers on journal characters.
*Go to computer lab and finish power point presentations.
*Start presentations

Homework:
**None:) 

Day 8  (Wednesday 4-18-01)
*Finish power point presentations.

Homework:
**None:)

Day 9  (Friday 4-20-01)
*Power point presentations (if we still need time)
*watch movie "Jakob the Liar" (PG13)

Homework:
**Write a one page paper with a title on the movie relating it to the novel "Night". Discuss
the realness, the situations, events, and how it applies to your thoughts on what you 
just learned about the Holocaust.

Day 10  (Tuesday 4-24-01)
*Finish movie and collect one page papers.
*Start new unit.

Final 
**Test on "Night"
**Power point project/presentation
**Journal Assignment
 

last revised: 3/30/01