For your new work today we're going to spend some time on a particular aspect of World War II -- the Holocaust (a.k.a. Shoah) and then make connections from that genocide to genocides in general with regard to trends and patterns and other occurrences of genocides in history both older and more recent. First some context -- famed scholar, author, and world diplomat, Elie Wiesel, is perhaps most famed for his autobiographical account of surviving the Holocaust in his boyhood, and that first book is called Night. Some of you, when in GRS Honors English, read it and viewed a portion of a show with Wiesel and Oprah Winfrey accompanying him on his last return to the Auschwitz death camp. In this class we will all view the special episode in its entirety, as it gives an excellent overview of the Holocaust/Shoah with historical, contextual facts, takes us inside the death camp, and does so with primary source perspectives of a survivor -- all in a relatively short amount of time (just 47 minutes). (Those of you who already saw parts of this will discover additional insights by revisiting it in whole at this older teen age relative to when you were a middle schooler.) As you screen this documentary, your task is to take exceptional notes onto your E.Q. note page so as to then be ready for step 2 later. Please view the first 25 minutes today; the rest will be viewed tomorrow. Do check in to tomorrow's blog post, however, as there will be additional details for the next step. [NOTE: there is graphic film footage and still pictures as well as serious matter discussed in the narration; be mentally prepared for the screening and be mindful that younger children should not be in the room or within listening distance.]Wednesday, April 22, 2020
U.S. History -- Wednesday 4/22
For your new work today we're going to spend some time on a particular aspect of World War II -- the Holocaust (a.k.a. Shoah) and then make connections from that genocide to genocides in general with regard to trends and patterns and other occurrences of genocides in history both older and more recent. First some context -- famed scholar, author, and world diplomat, Elie Wiesel, is perhaps most famed for his autobiographical account of surviving the Holocaust in his boyhood, and that first book is called Night. Some of you, when in GRS Honors English, read it and viewed a portion of a show with Wiesel and Oprah Winfrey accompanying him on his last return to the Auschwitz death camp. In this class we will all view the special episode in its entirety, as it gives an excellent overview of the Holocaust/Shoah with historical, contextual facts, takes us inside the death camp, and does so with primary source perspectives of a survivor -- all in a relatively short amount of time (just 47 minutes). (Those of you who already saw parts of this will discover additional insights by revisiting it in whole at this older teen age relative to when you were a middle schooler.) As you screen this documentary, your task is to take exceptional notes onto your E.Q. note page so as to then be ready for step 2 later. Please view the first 25 minutes today; the rest will be viewed tomorrow. Do check in to tomorrow's blog post, however, as there will be additional details for the next step. [NOTE: there is graphic film footage and still pictures as well as serious matter discussed in the narration; be mentally prepared for the screening and be mindful that younger children should not be in the room or within listening distance.]