--Chalk Talk--

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--Chalk Talk--

• Genocide
• Holocaust
• Crimes against humanity

What do these terms mean to you? What do they
make you think of? What words or ideas come to
mind in thinking about these terms? What
questions (I wonder why?) can you come up with
related to these terms?
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Night

• By Elie Wiesel

The Holocaust is a central event in many
peoples lives, but it has also become a metaphor
for our century. There cannot be an end to
speaking and writing about it. -Aharon Appelfeld
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Genocide
Geno-
cide
Geno from the Greek word genos, which means
birth, race, of a similar kind
-Cide from the French word cida, which means to
cut, kill
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Genocide
Task In your notes, create a cluster diagram or
web around the term and definition of Genocide.
Include at least 5-7 important concepts. You may
incorporate ideas we covered in the chalk talk
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Essential questions

• How should we remember past genocides or crimes
  against humanity? Why should we?
• How does human conflict at all levels impact
  society and the people in it?
• What social responsibility do we have to prevent
  future crimes against humanity?
• How does Elie Wiesel convey the inhumanity and
  humanity associated with the Holocaust in the
  novel Night?

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How does Elie Wiesel convey the inhumanity and
humanity associated with the Holocaust in the
novel Night?
With a partner, come up with a definition for
each of these terms. Be ready to share
Inhumanity Humanity
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Elie Wiesels Night
The novel begins in Sighet, Transylvania. During
the early years of World War II, Sighet remained
relatively unaffected by the war. The Jews in
Sighet believed that they would be safe from the
persecution that Jews in Germany and Poland
suffered.
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In 1944, however, Elie and all the other Jews in
town were rounded up in cattle cars and deported
to concentration camps in Poland.He was 14.
Night continued
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They were sent to Auschwitz and another
concentration camp.
Night continued
Roll call in Buchenwald, February 1941
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Night continued
After surviving the Nazi concentration camps,
Wiesel vowed never to write about his horrific
experiences. He eventually changed his mind and
wrote Night in 1955. Wiesel won the Nobel Prize
in 1986
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Night unit overview

• Reading Night by Elie Wiesel
• Completing study questions for each chapter
• Study of Armenian genocide, other crimes against
  humanity
• Discussion of Night
• Vocabulary from Night
• Writing poetry related to and inspired by the
  novel