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--Chalk Talk--
GenocideHolocaust
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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By Elie Wiesel
“The Holocaust is a central event in many people’s 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 – from the Greek word genos, which means birth, race, of a similar kind
Geno-cide
-Cide – from the French word cida, which means to cut, kill
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GenocideTask: 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?
Inhumanity –
Humanity –
With a partner, come up with a definition for each of these
terms. Be ready to share
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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.
Elie Wiesel’s Night…
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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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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
Night continued…
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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…
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