Night by Elie WieselIf You Wish to Purchase the Text ...Students are encouraged to purchase their books if possible so that they may practice the college skill of marking the text. Please be aware there are a number of very different translations. We are reading the one translated by Marion Wiesel. If purchasing the book is not possible, encourage your student to use post-its to mark and comment on key lines and passages, and write questions.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What is the Difference between an autobiography & Memoir?Unlike an autobiography in which the writer narrates his or her entire life story, in a memoire, the author focuses on a specific memory or experience over a much shorter amount of time. In fact, the term memoire comes from a Latin word meaning "to remember."
In his memoire Night, author Elie Wiesel recounts his experiences as a boy when his family was taken to a Nazi concentration camp from 1944-1945 at the height of the Holocaust toward the end of the World War 2. EXPOSITORY MATERIALSThese also connect to our study of Lord of the Flies.
The Path to Nazi GenocideProduced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this 38 minute documentary titled "The Path to Nazi Genocide" examines the Nazis’ rise to power in Germany, and their ideology, propaganda, and persecution of Jews and other innocent civilians. This resource is intended to provoke reflection and discussion about the role of ordinary people, institutions, and nations between 1918 - 1945.
Interview with the AuthorAbout this Video: Oprah Winfrey interviews Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz
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Unit Objectives
Major Unit AssessmentStudents will complete a close reading of a passage from Night and write an literary analysis essay of how the stylistic devices used in this passage contribute to an overall theme or message.
About the AuthorSUPPORTING MATERIALS
The Ten Stages of GenocideTHE MILGRAM SHOCK EXPERIMENTNuremberg Trials |
Videos
- Video: A Brief Introduction to the Holocaust
- Video: Listen to Helen Farkas' interview
- Video: Auschwitz, a short documentary on the history of the Nazi death camp
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About this Video: A short documentary on the history of Auschwitz
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Google Earth Literature Trip
Copy and paste the url below into Chrome to view the locations in the text.
Find Sighet, the village where Elie was born and where his family is living when he begins his memoire.
Find Sighet, the village where Elie was born and where his family is living when he begins his memoire.
https://earth.app.goo.gl/Gw4Xs