Keep up with your reading

... and enjoy the four-day weekend!

Pacific Front

Japan first took over Manchuria in 1931 -- eight years before Hitler invaded Poland. In 1937, they invaded China. Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Marshall Islands and Hong Kong were also under Japanese control before they turned and attacked Pearl Harbor.

It was a definitive move that decisively brought the United States into the war.

This is our part of the world. Find and label the countries Japan ruled on the map handed out in class.

European Front

Hitler first 'united' Austria with Germany, and then did the same with Czechoslovakia. At the time, the Western democracies decided to appease Hitler, rather than fight him, but they could no longer turn a blind eye when the Nazis stormed into Poland in September 1939.

Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. Yet, Hitler would still win Norway, Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, and, eventually, France.

D-day was one of the largest battles of the war. Tonight read more about this famed battle and answer the four questions that follow.

Monolgues

The first draft of your monologue is due on Monday. Don't forget it!

Quiz on Part 1

Make sure you're keeping up with your reading. You'll have a quiz on the first half of the book on Friday.

Righteous of the Nations

You will be studying the story of one person considered a Righteous of the Nations. Choose one story at the Yad Vashem website.

After collecting information, you will then develop it into a first-person monologue. You will deliver your monologue as that person to the class. Remember that a monologue should not be read, it needs to be acted.

You will perform your monologues on Wednesday, May 27th.

On Monday, May 25, 2009, you will need to submit a draft of your monologue. During your final presentation, you will hand me a final version of your monologue.

Be ready tomorrow with your organizer to tell me who this person is.

Resistance Movements of WWII

It is heartening to know that in the midst of such cruelty and bloodshed, there were men and women who were willing to stand up for the dignity of human life. We'll be taking a closer look at some of these individuals tomorrow.

Get ready for that class by reading "Resistance Movements, Partisans, and the 'Righteous Among the Nations'"

Answer the questions that follow for tomorrow.

Anna's Dilemma

Read over Anna's Dilemma and answer questions 1-5 in your Journal notebook.

AND, here's your reading schedule for this week:

May 18
Read to pg. 125


May 19
Read to pg. 140


May 20
Read to pg. 155

May 21
Read to pg. 170


May 22
TEST ON PART I
Read to pg. 200 for Monday

Reading and Holocaust Statistics

This weekend you are reading through to page 110.

Also make sure you finish up work on The Holocaust statistics and graphs ... due Monday!

Holocaust Losses

Today in class, we created a table in Excel that outlined Jewish Holocaust Losses.

Finish doing the activities on the sheet and hand it in on Monday. If you can not print, you must email me your work.

Here are the directions again:

_____A. Enter the following information in a spreadsheet titled “Holocaust Losses by Country.”

(see table)

_____B. Create a bar graph comparing the 1939 and 1945 populations of these countries.
_____C. Create a pie chart showing the survival rate of ONE of the countries.
_____D. Print the spreadsheet, bar graph, and pie chart, formatted appropriately.

Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust over a five-year period. They risked their lives to buy and beg for food, had to work for free for the Germans, and some were held captive in concentration camps or death factories until their deaths. In Auschwitz 2,000,000 died; Belzec, 850,000; Sobibor, 250,000; Treblika 700,000; and 300,000 died in Chelmno.

_____E. Transfer the following information into a spreadsheet titled “Concentration Camp Deaths.”
_____F. Create a chart/graph that best represents the number of deaths per concentration camp.
_____G. Print the spreadsheet and chart/graph, formatted appropriately.

_____H. Answer the following questions based on information in both of the spreadsheets you created:

If you were a Jew during the Holocaust, which of the countries listed in the first spreadsheet would you rather live in? Why?

In which of the countries listed did the most people NOT survive? Explain how you figured this out?

If six million Jews were killed, how many died outside of the concentration camps listed in spreadsheet two?

Independent Reading

We didn't meet today because of the Book Cafe, but make sure that you are keeping up with your reading schedule all this week and through the weekend.

Reading Schedule for this week

Please stick to your reading calendar so that you are prepared for upcoming tests.

Here is this week's schedule:

May 12
Read to page 49

May 13
Read to pg. 65

May 14
Read to pg. 80

May 15
Read to pg. 110


In addition, please finish your sentences if your diary was handed back to you.

DAF - Vocabulary

Tonight, make sure to write sentences for our vocabulary words. Look up any unknown words. You can use this site to help you.

Here's the words again:

1. aggravating
2. jubilation
3. apprehension
4. ineffectually
5. appalled
6. loathe
7. sustenance
8. intuition
9. oppression
10. onslaught
11. indifference
12. vile
13. forlorn
14. pandemonium
15. insufferable
16. outraged
17. wallow
18. inarticulate
19. stealthily
20. tyranny

Also, read up until the diary entry that ends on page 36.

Start Reading

Over the weekend, please start reading The Diary of Anne Frank.

Finish up to page 25 to discuss in class on Monday.

Holocaust

Tonight, I'm asking you to put together an essay telling what you know about The Holocaust. Look at the handout I gave you in class to help get the brain working.

Don't do any further research, however. I'm looking to see what you know before we start reading The Diary of Anne Frank next week.

Don't forget the format we wrote in class:

P1 - Intro

P2 - Nazi Policy
* antisemitism
* felt Jews were the cause of WWI
* felt Jews had to do with economic downturn in the country

P3 - How it was carried out
* stripped of citizenship
* concentration camps
* ghettos
* extermination

P4 - How it affected its victims
* some went into hiding
* families destroyed
* 6 million Jews dead

P5 - Conclusion

Please add your own knowledge to this outline as you write your essay. All work is due on Friday.

Word Practice

As we continue with Stanford testing this week, I'll be giving you some worksheets to complete each night.

Tonight the focus is on Writing. Complete:

1. Writing Supporting Details
2. Not So Boring Please

Also complete:
3. Dictionary: Word Origins

These must be completed tomorrow. Don't forget about your book report, as well.

Book Cafe Competition

Write a book report, and at the same time try your luck out at winning $180 to spend at the upcoming Book Cafe.

Essays should be written in a 2-paragraph format:

1. Tell about the book
2. Tell what you liked about the book and why you would recommend it.

A minimum word count of 100 words -- but feel free to write more!

Essays are due on Thursday.