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Elie Wiesel. Objective: to learn information on our author, Elie Wiesel. Night. Elie is in this historic picture!. Our Author. Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928. As a child, Elie was interested in becoming a Rabbi.

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  1. Elie Wiesel Objective: to learn information on our author, Elie Wiesel. Night

  2. Elie is in this historic picture!

  3. Our Author Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928. • As a child, Elie was interested in becoming a Rabbi. • He was fascinated by the Jewish texts and participated in long discussions about God. • In 1944 The Germans invaded Sighet (sa-get), his home village in the country of Hungary(Romania).

  4. Elie’s Life • He and the members of his family were taken to Buchenwald concentration camp. • • After liberation by the Americans in April 1945, Elie lived in a French orphanage for several years.

  5. Post War • Wiesel entered the Sorbonne in Paris in 1948and worked as a journalist for an Israeli newspaper. • While interviewing a French writer Francois Mauriac who talked about the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust, Wiesel told Mauriac, “I was one of them.” • It was then that Wiesel decided to tell his story as a survivor.

  6. He wrote Night in 1958. • He has written more than 35 books since the publication of Night. • He writes his books in French and his wife translates them into English.

  7. Wiesel is determined to give meaning to the absurdities of the past. • Wiesel is now a U.S. citizen and a professor at Boston University. • Wiesel received the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end genocide around the world. • “When faith is impossible, you must make it possible.”

  8. Hitler’s camps were… • Deliberately Brutal • Determined to work people to death • Were to exist only until the undesirables were destroyed (Final Solution sped up the process)

  9. Camp Conditions • Slept in large, overcrowded barracks • Plagued by hunger, filth, bitter cold/heat • Long hours of work in quarries or factories • beatings

  10. Arrival at camp • Moved out of ghetto by cattle car • Hungry and thirsty upon arrival • Met with muzzled dogs • orchestra played to relieve tension • Sent to “life line” or “death line” • Only the strong were allowed to survive • Stripped of clothing • Tattooed • Heads shaved • Arm badges –Jews (yellow star)

  11. Thursday, November 21st • Objective: to answer anticipation questions on the books Night and Diary of a Young Girl, learn about the major themes in the readings, and examine to works of art about genocide. • Why? You should always learn background information BEFORE you begin reading a book • Tomorrow: Bring your ID to check out the books,

  12. Rate the following statements on a scale of 0 (totally disagree)-10 (completely agree) & explain your answer. • 1.Revenge is a justifiable emotion. • 2.All is fair in love and war. • 3.Misery loves company. • 4.Survival should always be the primary goal. • 5.Lying is justifiable when it’s for the right reasons. • 6.Some people are better than others. • 7.Never give up. • 8.Courage can come when we least expect it. • 9.Love can change a person for the better. • 10.Forgiveness is the only way to happiness

  13. Night • hol·o·caust/ˈhäləˌkôst/ • Noun:Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war: "a nuclear holocaust". • The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45. • Begins in 1941 in the Hungarian town of Sighet. • Told in first person point of view by narrator Elie (twelve) • Main characters –Elie, Chlomo (father), • Moche the Beadle, Madame Schachter, Akibe Drumer, Rabbi Eliahou, and Juliek.

  14. Major Themes • Self-preservation vs. family commitment • Dignity in the face of human cruelty • Struggle to maintain faith • Emotional Death • gen·o·cide/ˈjenəˌsīd/ • Noun:The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

  15. Mantra • A mantra (a sound, syllable, word or group of words that are capable of creating transformation). • • A man once used “I am here, and I am healthy” as an exercise mantra. It affirmed that he showed up to exercise and was working toward a goal of healthy mind and body. • His mantra had a rhythm to it that worked well with the steady rhythm of running.

  16. Mantra Continued • • A woman used “ You can’t win if you don’t play” as a personal mantra to remind her that she had to take risks in her life to meet her goals. She would write to famous authors seeking advice and apply for jobs that might otherwise be out of her reach. • Write your own mantra or a mantra you would like to live by?

  17. KWL Chart Know About the Holocaust Want to Know about the Holocaust

  18. W – What We Want to Know What were the actual dates for the Holocaust? How many Jews were murdered? Was there a record of them? How exactly did the Nazis murder? Are there other famous survivors or victims that we know? Who are they? What kinds of crimes did the Nazis commit? Who were some of the recent Nazis captured? How were they captured? Who tries them? Where else did they try to hide? Would we recognize any famous pieces of art? K – What We Know The Holocaust happened a long time ago. A lot of Jews were murdered. The Nazis killed the Jews in furnaces. Anne Frank hid in a secret room from the Nazis but was still killed. The Nazis did experiments on people. Some Nazi officials escaped to places like Argentina and once in awhile we still find them and prosecute them. A lot of Jewish art was stolen.

  19. Monday, November 25th • Objective: to examine essential parts of our life: happiness, survival, and failure. • Outline of the Week: • Tuesday-Focus on the effects of prejudice within our society • Wednesday-The effects of propaganda • You will have an assignment to do over the weekend. It needs to be placed in your folder

  20. Are We Raising a Generation of Helpless Kids? • Read over the article to start the day today • Annotate while you read: underline four main ideas, comment four times in the columns and circle anything that is unclear to you. • Yes, there are questions to answer on the article.

  21. Questions to answer • 1. According to this article, it is stated that people of your generation are not prepared for failure and dream too big at times. Are you ready to fail? Do you dream too big? Explain. How will you cope with failure? • Do you know how to generate your own happiness? What is your happiness plan for this week? • You have been told that you are “special” since you were young. Many people think that is the wrong approach to raising your generation. What are your thoughts on someone saying that none of you are truly “special”?

  22. Tuesday, November 26th • Stereotypes discussion and begin propaganda lecture • Tomorrow: Finish lecture on Propaganda and assignment

  23. Stereotypes A Quick Poem

  24. All Asians know karate, and eat raw fish

  25. Chitlins and collard greens are Blacks favorite dish

  26. And don’t turn your back on those Spic thieving punks

  27. Italians, even women, are short, fat, and hairy,

  28. The Irish are nothing but wife beaters and drunks,

  29. French people smell, the girls don’t shave their pits

  30. Rednecks practice incest and are children when they marry,

  31. And all Jews are greedy though they’re all filthy rich,

  32. All East Indians own gas stations or convenience stores,

  33. All Americans are fat and their women are whores.

  34. Doesn’t this sound stupid when it’s being read? • So think how it sounds when it’s being said!

  35. Better yet, how would it feel if said about you, your family, your friends, or just someone you knew?

  36. Now multiply that by everyone that they know, • Soon you would cover the entire globe,

  37. Do you see what I mean, do you get what I’m saying? • One little comment, and the whole world is paying!

  38. Prejudice vs Racism • prej·u·dice (prj-ds) n.1. a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. • b. A preconceived preference or idea.

  39. Prejudice vs Racism • racism [ˈreɪsɪzəm], racialism [ˈreɪʃəˌlɪzəm] n1. (Sociology) the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others

  40. So, What’s the Point? • We will be looking at the power of language. • In order to understand how we can use the power of language in our personal lives, we must study how others influence us. As world citizens, we must determine how our leaders persuade us. • Leaders use language to their advantage, attempting to persuade or influence others to believe certain ideas. • Propaganda consists of ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage an opposing cause.

  41. How is it possible that the holocaust even happened ? First Big Question to Answer

  42. What is Propaganda? It is the spreading of information to help or to hurt a cause. Telling only the side you want people to know Propaganda appeals to emotions rather than intellect.

  43. Name-Calling Links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol. Propagandist uses this technique in hopes that the audience will reject the person/idea on the basis of the negative symbol, instead of looking at the available evidence.

  44. Name-Calling The most obvious type of name calling involves bad names. For example, consider the following: Commie Thug Pig Preppy Bum Terrorist

  45. Name-Calling Selected because they possess a negative emotional charge. Those who oppose budget cuts may characterize fiscally conservative politicians as "stingy." Supporters might prefer to describe them as "thrifty." Both words refer to the same behavior, but they have very different connotations.

  46. Glittering Generality The words or slogan used is so attractive that the audience does not question it. The words used have a more connotative meaning (comes from the person) than a denotative meaning (dictionary definition).

  47. Focus Question • What is your favorite commercial? • What’s appealing about it?

  48. Glittering Generality The Glittering Generality is, in short, Name Calling in reverse. Name Calling-seeks to make us form a judgment to reject and condemn without examining the evidence Glittering Generality-seeks to make us approve and accept without examining the evidence.

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