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Holocaust Web Quest

The time period when Hitler was in power in Germany was a time filled with heartache and many terrible events. There were many reasons why things happened the way they did, and why Hitler and the Nazi party was not stopped sooner. I want you to discover some of the historical setting of the play we are going to read together about Anne Frank.

Visit the following sites, and answer all the questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper.

What is genocide?

1. Define "genocide" in your own words.

2. When we refer to the "holocaust", what time period are we talking about?

Hitler Comes to Power

3. What levels of German society were most drawn to Hitler and the Nazi Party?

Nazi Racism

4. What was Hitler's term for the "master race"? Describe this type of person.

5. What types of German citizens were victims of the Nazi Party?

Anti-Semitism

6. Define anti-Semitism.

7. When did it begin?

8. What other nations treated Jews as scapegoats (blamed them for some trouble)?

The Nuremberg Laws

9. According to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, how did the German government decide if someone was Jewish?

10. What did the German government require of Jews in German society?

 

Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass

11. What happened on November 9, 1938? What caused the violence?

Refugee Map

12. Many Jews escaped Germany during this time. What countries accepted the most Jewish refugees?

Evian Conference

13. Why did the US not allow entrance to more refugees before WWII?

The Final Solution

14. What was the goal of the "Final Solution?"

Ghettos

15. How many ghettos existed in German occupied territories?

16. Describe the largest ghetto.

Abe's Story: Kutno Ghetto

17. Describe the picture and say how people are treated.

Abe's Story: Conditions Worsen

18. Describe how the conditions worsened.

19. What does Abe do? Where does he go? Why?

Concentration Camps

20. What were the first Nazi concentration camps?
21.  What was the primary purpose of these camps?

Forced Labor Camps

22. Describe what happens to most "workers".

Death Camps

23. What happened at most of these camps?

Death Marches

24. Why were people forced to go on "death marches"?

Family Photograph

25. Create your own caption for this photo. Describe what the family is doing and where they are going.

Remember

26. Choose two images from this site. Include their title and a description of each picture.

Liberation

27. When the Soviet soldiers liberated Auschwitz Death Camp, how many shoes did they find?

Survivors

28. Describe one hardship survivors had to face.

A Survivor's Prayer: A Poem

29. Read the poem, and summarize what it is about in a few sentences.

Importance of teaching about the Holocaust

30. If you were going to teach others about the importance of studying the holocaust, what would you include?

Now it's time to look a little closer at the life of Anne Frank. Visit the Anne Frank Museum to learn more about how she grew up. Read each section and take careful note of the pictures that accompany the text.

List five things you learned about Anne Frank.

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36.  Describe the room/building that the Franks stayed in.

37.  Who else lived with the Franks?

Greek Mythology Webquest

Monkey's Paw & Landlady short stories

Click on the following links to access the short stories:

http://americanliterature.com/author/w-w-jacobs/short-story/the-monkeys-paw

https://thevirtualneal.wikispaces.com/file/view/Landlady.pdf

Zondle App

Zondle is a FREE website which enables you to use games to support learning.
Download the app or go to the Zondle website and join my class to help study/review vocabulary and important skills.
Ms. Buck's class code is 43375-106779

Anchor stations-main ideas and summary

Station 1:

Station 2

Station 3

Station 4

Station 5:

Non Fiction Text Anchor Stations

Station 1: “Forest Fire” by Anais Nin

1. Read the diary entry titled “Forest Fire” on pages 536-539

While you're reading, think about how the text is organized. Also, think about the author and her character traits.

2. Copy and Complete the Text Structure graphic organizer in your literacy notebook.

List the key plot points of the diary entry.

3. Copy and Complete the Inference/Evidence chart in your literacy notebook.

Write inferences in complete sentences.

Make sure to include the page number for text evidence.

“Forest Fire” by Anais Nin

Inference	Evidence
The author is a compassionate person.	“I thought of the foresters in danger. I made coffee for the weary men who came down occasionally...” pg. 537
The author cares about animals as well as people.	What evidence supports this inference?
What is another inference you can make about the author?	What evidence supports your inference?
What can we infer about the author from this evidence?	“It is easy to love nature in its peaceful and consoling moments, but once must love it in its furies too,...” pg. 539

“Forest Fire” by Anais Nin

Copy the following chart in your literacy notebook. Then complete and chart the main events of the story in the order that the author tells them:

1. The author can see fires burning in the distance. She makes coffee for her neighbors.

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3 Firefighters contain the fire before it reaches the back of their houses.

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6 One week later,

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What text structure does this author use to retell the story of this forest fire?

Answer: ______________________

Station 2: “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” by Diane Ackerman

1. Read the non-fiction text “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” on pages 540-544

While you read, think about the causes and effects throughout the text.

2. Copy and Complete the Cause/Effect graphic organizer in your literacy notebook.

Write your answers in complete sentences!

3. Answer the questions below the graphic organizer in your literacy notebook.

Write your answers in complete sentences!

“Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” by Diane Ackerman

Cause	Effect
As Summer ends, trees focus their nutrients on their trunk and roots.	Leaves don't get their needed nutrients.
Leaves are under undernourished.	What is the effect?
What is the cause?	Brilliantly colored leaves are produced.
What is the cause?	Leaves fall off of the tree.
List one cause /effect relationship	found on page 544.

What did you about leaves before reading this text?

What are two pieces of new information that you learned?

Station 3: “Forest Fire” and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”

1. Think about the similarities and differences between “Forest Fire” and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”.
2. With your partners, add information to the Venn Diagram.
   Make sure you have copied and completed the Venn Diagram in your literacy notebook.
3. Answer the question below the Venn Diagram, using evidence from the story to support your answer.

-Must have 6 total differences and 3 similarities to “Forest Fire” and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”

-Copy and complete Venn diagram into your literacy notebook!

Station 6: Author's Celebration

1. Take out your Literary Essays
2. Taking turns, you will each read your essay aloud to your partners. The person with the next birthday will begin.

Partners must be listening to the author as they read.

2. After each person reads, EACH PARTNER must ask the author a question or make an observation.
   Discussion stems:
   A question I still have for you is....

I really like how you …

I wonder...

I want to know more about...

4. List at 7 questions/observations in your writing notebook.

Station 5: ALL NON FICTION TEXT

1. Read “The Season's Curmudgeon” on page 545.
2. Complete the Text Comparison Chart to “Forest Fire”, The Season's Curmudgeon”, and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”
   Each group member will have their own worksheet for this station.

Station 4: Units 4-6 Vocab. Review
1. Get on Quizlet
2. The correct webpage should be saved to the desktop of your laptop or already on your screen ready to begin. Please do NOT close out the tab! If for some reason the activity is not displayed in your laptop, type the following link into internet explorer: http://quizlet.com/67590346/vocabulary-workshop-level-c-units-4-6-flash-cards/
3. You may choose the activity of your choice to help review and prepare for your Units 4-6 Test next week. However, if you are off task at any time during this station, you will be given an alternative assignment. THE ONLY TAB OR WINDOW THAT SHOULD BE OPENED AT ANYTIME IS QUIZLET!!!!!