“Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions."
- Primo Levi
Texts:
Primo Levi, A Tranquil Star
Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost
Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
Art Spiegelman, Maus
11/12 - Class Background and the Functionalist/Intentionalist debate
Howard Zinn, “Respecting the Holocaust” - read for Tuesday!
Holocaust Notes 1
11/13 - Bismarck and Germany’s 19th Century Legacy
Where was Anti-Semitism in Europe? (Bernstein)
Holocaust Notes 2
11/14 - The Confusing 1920s
The Interviews
11/16 - German Map Study
Germany 1648 - 1871 - 1941 - 2012
Childers, The Nazi Voter
Germany and the Eastern front with locations of concentration camps]
Nothing week of Thanksgiving...
11/26 - The Lost, in class, introduction and discussion of genealogy
11/27 - The Lost, pgs. 1-29
11/28 - The Lost, pgs. 77-105
Torah's Cain & Abel
Chronology of people's lives in Old Testament
11/30 - The Lost, pgs. 153-172
12/3 - The Lost, pgs. 269-307
12/4 - The Lost, pgs. 307-350
12/5 - The Lost, pgs. 439-462
12/7 - The Lost, pgs. 462-503
Annie Dillard's "Wreck of Time"
Response #1 Due
12/10 - Chronology of the Holocaust
Review from Salon.com
12/11 - “Blind Spot”
12/12 - "Blind Spot"
12/14 - Himmler, “25 Points of the NSDAP”
Holocaust Statistics
12/17 - “Kapo”
12/18 - “Kapo”
12/19 - "Kapo" & "Blind Spot" Compare and Contrast...
12/21 - F vs. I in class writing
1/7 - Inservice
1/8 - "Why We Fight" (Start at 9:20)
1/9 - In Class Writing re: "Why We Fight"
Answer questions quietly, individually, you MAY use headphones and SHARE THEM WITH ME WHEN COMPLETE
1/10 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs.
Research Project introduced
1/14 - Everything is Illuminated
1/15 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 1-26
1/16 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 27-55
1/18 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 56-85
1/21 - MLK Jr. Day
1/22 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 86-118
Close Reading
1/23 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 119-141
1/25 - Conference Day
1/28 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 142-164
Response #2 due
1/29 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 165-193
1/30 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 194-218
2/1 - Everything is Illuminated, 219-239
2/4 - Everything is Illuminated, 239-Finish
Close Reading due
2/5 - A Tranquil Star, "The Death of Marinese"
2/6 - A Tranquil Star, "The Sorcerers"
2/8 - A Tranquil Star, "Bureau of Vital Statistics"
2/11 - A Tranquil Star, "A Tranquil Star"
2/12 - Maus, Chapters, 1&2
Maus Journal
2/13 - Maus, Chapters, 3&4
Winter Break
2/20 - "Munich"
Finish Maus
2/21 - "Munich"
2/22 - "Munich"
Research Projects are due
Requirements:
Two three page response papers
Research project
Participate!
Primo Levi, A Tranquil Star
Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost
Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
Art Spiegelman, Maus
11/12 - Class Background and the Functionalist/Intentionalist debate
Howard Zinn, “Respecting the Holocaust” - read for Tuesday!
Holocaust Notes 1
11/13 - Bismarck and Germany’s 19th Century Legacy
Where was Anti-Semitism in Europe? (Bernstein)
Holocaust Notes 2
11/14 - The Confusing 1920s
The Interviews
11/16 - German Map Study
Germany 1648 - 1871 - 1941 - 2012
Childers, The Nazi Voter
Germany and the Eastern front with locations of concentration camps]
Nothing week of Thanksgiving...
11/26 - The Lost, in class, introduction and discussion of genealogy
11/27 - The Lost, pgs. 1-29
11/28 - The Lost, pgs. 77-105
Torah's Cain & Abel
Chronology of people's lives in Old Testament
11/30 - The Lost, pgs. 153-172
12/3 - The Lost, pgs. 269-307
12/4 - The Lost, pgs. 307-350
12/5 - The Lost, pgs. 439-462
12/7 - The Lost, pgs. 462-503
Annie Dillard's "Wreck of Time"
Response #1 Due
12/10 - Chronology of the Holocaust
Review from Salon.com
12/11 - “Blind Spot”
12/12 - "Blind Spot"
12/14 - Himmler, “25 Points of the NSDAP”
Holocaust Statistics
12/17 - “Kapo”
12/18 - “Kapo”
12/19 - "Kapo" & "Blind Spot" Compare and Contrast...
12/21 - F vs. I in class writing
1/7 - Inservice
1/8 - "Why We Fight" (Start at 9:20)
1/9 - In Class Writing re: "Why We Fight"
Answer questions quietly, individually, you MAY use headphones and SHARE THEM WITH ME WHEN COMPLETE
1/10 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs.
Research Project introduced
1/14 - Everything is Illuminated
1/15 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 1-26
1/16 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 27-55
1/18 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 56-85
1/21 - MLK Jr. Day
1/22 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 86-118
Close Reading
1/23 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 119-141
1/25 - Conference Day
1/28 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 142-164
Response #2 due
1/29 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 165-193
1/30 - Everything is Illuminated, pgs. 194-218
2/1 - Everything is Illuminated, 219-239
2/4 - Everything is Illuminated, 239-Finish
Close Reading due
2/5 - A Tranquil Star, "The Death of Marinese"
2/6 - A Tranquil Star, "The Sorcerers"
2/8 - A Tranquil Star, "Bureau of Vital Statistics"
2/11 - A Tranquil Star, "A Tranquil Star"
2/12 - Maus, Chapters, 1&2
Maus Journal
2/13 - Maus, Chapters, 3&4
Winter Break
2/20 - "Munich"
Finish Maus
2/21 - "Munich"
2/22 - "Munich"
Research Projects are due
Requirements:
Two three page response papers
Research project
Participate!