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 * Unit 6: Out of the Darkness - The Struggle for Human Rights:** //Night// by Eli Wiesel//,// various poems and non-fiction texts

Unit 6 Project [|https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2015#.VVSYe4fQcUI] [] []

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Pre-Writing Questions Directions: Answer any of the following questions in at least 6 lines – you have 2 minutes. Please make sure you address question #4. 1. How much do you value your education? 2. How much do you think we (as a country) value education? 3. How much of a role do you think education has in developing a society? 4. Do you think your SHS education is unbiased?

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Post-Writing Questions Directions: Answer any of the following questions in at least 6 lines – you have 2 minutes. Please make sure you address question #5. 1. How much do you value your education? 2. How much do you think we (as a country) value education? 3. How much of a role do you think education has in developing a society? 4. Do you think your SHS education is unbiased? 5. What is the danger of a society with limitations on education/freedom of speech/access to information?

Genocide Webquest []

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This is part 1 of the documentary. After you finish this video you can click on the link to the next video. There are 6 parts.

Ch 8/9 Notes

Maslow's Hierarchy

Ch 6/7 Notes

Ch 5 Questions: 1. Why didn’t Eliezer fast on Yom Kippur? 2. Describe the selection process Eliezer and his father go through at this time. 3. What advice was Eliezer given to pass the selection process? 4. How did Eliezer’s father respond when he learned his name had been written down? What happens to Elizer’s father? 5. What happens to Akiba Drumer? What did Akiba Drumer ask the others to do for him? Did they do it? 6. How is winter in the camp different than summer in the camp? 7. Why was Elie placed in the hospital? 8. Why was the camp to be evacuated? 9. What happens to those who stayed in the infirmary? :( How is this heartbreaking in hindsight?

Ch 4 Notes
 * Notice that the answers are not filled in - we did that together in class - see a classmate for answers

Go to this website for an aerial video of Auschwitz today. []

Go to this website for an interactive look at Auschwitz. []

Notebook: See powerpoint for notes taken during chapters 2/3 - including discussion questions

Notebook: See powerpoint for notes taken during chapter 1 - including discussion questions

**//Reading Schedule//** For the rest of the year we will be working through Unit 6, featuring Elie Wiesel’s //Night.// As you read the novel you will be asked to complete several tasks. This will be done independently and at your own pace. We will not have a separate Unit 6 Test but we will have a Unit 6 quiz after finishing the novel. All information from this unit will appear on the final. This schedule is not final and is subject to change. -Review Holocaust -Read Preface ||  NoteTaking Method Start reading 1 together ||  Review 1/ Notes Start reading 2 & 3 || Poetry Start reading 5 ||  Discuss 4 / Notes Poetry Start reading 6 & 7 ||  Discuss 5 / Notes Poetry/Article ||  Discuss 6-7 / Notes Poetry/Article ||  Discuss 8 & 9 / Notes Watch documentary || Human Rights ||  STAR Test SSR ||  Ladder of Prejudice Research Project || Alg 1 Keystone ||  5/14 Alg 1 Keystone ||  5/15  || Bio Keystone ||  5/20 Bio Keystone ||  5/21  ||  5/22  || Review Sheet ||  Recess day Work on review sheet || 1, 2, 7 ||  Finals 3, 4, 8 ||  Finals 5, 6 ||  Last Day Graduation ||
 * 4/20 || 4/21 || 4/22 || 4/23 || 4/24 ||
 * Unit 5 Test ||  Unit 5 Test – short answer & SSR  ||  Intro Night
 * ||  ||  Finish reading Preface if not finished in class  ||  Hwk: read ch 1 (18 pages)  ||  Hwk: read ch 2 & ch 3 (23 pages)  ||
 * 4/27 ||  4/28  ||  4/29  ||  4/30  ||  5/1  ||
 * Discuss 2 & 3 / Notes
 * Hwk: read ch 4 (19 pages) ||  Hwk: read ch 5 (18 pages)  ||  Hwk: read ch. 6-7 (17 pages)  ||  Hwk: read ch. 8-9 (11 pages)  ||   ||
 * 5/4 ||  5/5  ||  5/6  ||  5/7  ||  5/8  ||
 * Watch documentary ||  Night Quiz  ||  Wiesel’s speech &
 * 5/11 ||  5/12  ||  5/13
 * Ladder of Prejudice Research Project ||  Ladder of Prejudice Research Project  ||  Ladder of Prejudice Research Project  ||  Speak Truth to Power research  ||  Speak Truth to Power research  ||
 * 5/18 ||  5/19
 * UN Agencies activity ||  Free World Activity  ||  Read 2 Articles  ||  Buffer day  ||  Give Back Day  ||
 * 5/25 ||  5/26  ||  5/27  ||  5/28  ||  5/29  ||
 * No School ||   Buffer day / CDTs for Mrs. Jenkins?   ||  Buffer Day/CDTs for Mrs. Jenkins?  ||  Buffer Day/CDTs for Mrs. Jenkins?
 * 6/1 ||  6/2  ||  6/3  ||  6/4  ||  6/5  ||
 * Review Game ||  Finals