NAME Extended Anticipation Guide
Part 1: Anticipation
Directions: With your partner, read the statements and decide if you agree or disagree with the statement. Mark the appropriate box.
DECIDE / STATEMENT / RE-EVALUATE / SUPPORT YOUR VIEWAFTER READING TEXT / RE-EVALUATE / SUPPORT YOUR VIEW
AFTER WEBSITE
Agree / Disagree / Agree / Disagree / Agree / Disagree
X / During the Holocaust, approximately 6 million European Jews were murdered, including over 1 million children. / X / I know that many people died during the Holocaust, but I do not believe that the numbers were that high. / X / The introduction to the Holocaust website gives the figure of 6 million deaths.
X / Only Jewish people were prisoners in concentration camps, such as Auschwitz. / X / In the Maus text, the illustration shows the Jews drawn as mice and there are other prisoners drawn as pigs. / X / Many different types of people were included in the genocide, including homosexuals, disabled people, and Gypsies. (AA)
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/ Prisoners in concentration camps were tattooed with identifying numbers on their forearms. / X / The main character in Maus shows his tattoo, and gathers inspiration from his numbers. / X / In the Holocaust Encyclopedia, it says that only prisoners in Auschwitz were tattooed on their forearms, and some were tattooed on their chest. Prisoners in other camps were not tattooed.
X / Prisoners in concentration camps worked hard, but they were well fed. / X / There is nothing in the text excerpt about food, but I don’t think they ate well. / X / In the Nutrition section of AA, it says that the prisoners were given enough food to survive for only three months.
X / German doctors used prisoners in Auschwitz for medical experiments on human subjects. / X / This is not in the text and I have never heard anything about this. / X / In the AA Block 10 section, it talks about how prisoners were used for medical experiments.
Part 2: Read the Text
Directions:
Read the text excerpt from Maus II, by Art Spiegelman. Re-evaluate the agree and disagree statements, make changes if the reading has changed your opinion and support your reasoning in the after reading box.
Part 3: Explore the Web
Directions:
With your partner, read the Introduction to the Holocaust on the Holocaust Memorial Museum website. This is an encyclopedia, and you can search using the search bar for more information on a topic. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143 .
Then explore An Auschwitz Alphabet website http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html, particularly the Introduction, Block 10, Hope, and Nutrition. Re-visit the agree and disagree statements and make changes if necessary and support your reasoning in the after the website column.