Mini Research Assignment to prepare us to read Night

Name: ______Period: ______

To research, follow these steps:

1. Go to NTHS Library

2. Click on CLASS RESOURCES TODAY (find Ms, Nelson: Night Research)

3. If/when you are working from eLibrary(also accessible from RESEARCH DATABASES on the NTHS library page)

If you need to login use

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4. Type in your topic. You will get a research topic box. EXPAND this research topic box.

5. Scroll down. You will see some basic background information, some pictures, and some articles with more information.

Topics:

Which topic will you research?

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  1. Auschwitz-Birkenau
  2. Judaism (Holidays)
  3. Holocaust victims and resistors
  4. Dr. Mengele
  5. The Holocaust - Final Solution
  6. Holocaust Denial

What you need to create:

Create a Google Presentation with relevant pictures and correct citations. Also, you will need to have a final slide that explains a photo from that time period based on your research.

The Final Slide:

For your final slide, you need to choose one of the pictures on eLibrary and use one whole slide to explain what is shown in the picture based on your overall research on the topic (this may actually take two slides – one for the picture – one for the analysis).

Citations:

To make a citation - Click ‘citation view’ and copy and paste the MLA citation onto the bottom of each slide. (There may be an additional citation for the picture on the slide.)

When is this due?
You have today, tomorrow, and ______in class to work on this. You MUST have your Google Presentation ready and sent to Ms. Nelson by the VERY START of class on ______.

NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Take notes before you start on your Google Presentation slides. Have Ms. Nelson sign off on your notes BEFORE you start your presentation slides.

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Are you ready to start making your slides in Google Presentation? Have Ms. Nelson sign here: ______

Here is the rubric you will be graded on: Total = ______/100 points_____

  • This sheet filled out with good notes = 15 points
  • A cover slide with the topic and your name = 5 points
  • Several (3+) Info Slides – Each with clear info, a relevant picture, and a correct citation = 60 points
  • Final Slide - Analysis of a photograph from this time period in context of your research = 20 points

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER / NOTES / Name of source
All topics: Basic facts about your topic as related to WWII and the Holocaust.
Answer the
Who? - What? - Where? - When?
Why? - How?
For Auschwitz-Birkenau: consider the following: purpose of the camp, location (map), number killed, dates of use, survival rate, lay out of camp, who was in charge, what types of prisoners were sent there
For Mengele:
  • Important biographic information
  • his importance to the Holocaust/WWII
  • Talk about some of his experiments
  • Contributions to current science.

Holocaust Denial: This one needs to be treated carefully. Make sure to give the information without personal input.
Who denies it?
Why?
For Jewish holiday:
Include information about
  • Passover,
  • Yom Kippur and
  • Rosh Hashanah
  • Hanukah
When, why, traditions, etc
Victims and Resistors
  • What groups of people were put in the camps? Why? What were their symbols?
  • Resistors: movements within the Jewish people, allies that helped, other forms of resistance
Why is this important?
For Final Solution:
  • Who called the Holocaust the Final Solution?
  • What were the major steps involved in the Final Solution
  • What were the problems that person hoped to solve?