Remembrance and Awareness Blog

 

“Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the center of the universe.”

  

                                                                        -Elie Wiesel

This quarter you will research and read news websites and blogs to learn not only about the Holocaust, but to also learn more about current events and humanitarian issues. You will create your own blog and update it throughout the quarter. The eventual goal of this ongoing assignment is to use our study of the Holocaust to examine specific issues and conflicts in today’s society.

Your first assignment is to create your own blog and then write your first blog post. Search the various websites below, and select one artifact to discuss, analyze, and connect to one passage from Night. You are certainly welcome to search other websites. 

 

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity                The Atlantic                   History.com

The New York Times                  BBC—The Holocaust  

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum               Museum of Jewish Heritage

 

Potential Artifacts: 

• Art: period drawings, prints, posters, etc. 
• Excerpts from books
• Advertisements, propaganda, maps
• Furnishings, machinery, tools
• Jewelry, musical instruments 
• Personal papers: documents, correspondence
• Photographs
• Music
• Speeches
• Interviews
• First hand accounts

In your blog post be sure to do the following: 

1. Create a fitting title. 

2. Identify a connection between a specific artifact and one particularly dense passage from Night. We would like to see you use passages other than the ones we analyzed in class. Your passage from Night should be from the first two sections of the book.

3. Develop your connections by examining key details from both the passage and the artifact. What new insights do you gain from these connections? Answer the "SO WHAT?!"  If you are looking at a text, consider diction, figurative language, syntax, and/or other devices that apply. 

4. Link or paste the artifact right into your blog post.

5. Write about 300-350 words and proofread. 

6. When you are finished, email your blog address to my email: cwhite@niskyschools.org

This blog post is due on March 3rd.