WJHS  Media Center Pathfinder

Task Definition
Information
Seeking
Strategies
Location
and
Access
Use of Information

Synthesis

Evaluation
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THIS IS A TWO PART ASSIGNMENT

While we are reading Night, you will be conducting research on a topic related to the Holocaust. I will provide you with 3 days of class time in the Media Center; other research you need to do on your own. You will compile this research into a thorough but concise 2-4 page paper. You will learn enough about this topic to present a 1 minute visually informative speech to the class. You should pick a topic that interests you so that you will enjoy doing the research.

IF YOU DO NOT PROPERLY CITE YOUR SOURCES OR IF YOU USE SOMEONE ELSE'S WORDS AS YOUR OWN, YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO ON YOUR PAPER.



You do not have to choose from this list; these are merely suggestions.
Be sure to narrow down your topic to be specific enough so you aren't lost in a mountain of information.

Reasons for the Holocaust

Hitler: Rise to power, background, family life, days before suicide, speeches, Mein Kampf.

Life in Germany prior to war: economy, nationalistic/patriotic feelings.

"The Jewish Question": Hitler's goal "The Final Solution".

Stories of Particular People

Victims: Anne Frank, Elie Wiesel, Simon Wiesenthal (a.k.a. "Nazi Hunter"), Art Spiegelman (cartoonist), children's/teen stories.

Other Countries Involvement in WWII: Denial or Rescue?

Involvement of: Soviet, American, British, French, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland.

Role of Palestine, present day Israel, Vatican, Pope.

Other Holocaust Victims

Gypsies, homosexuals, common criminals, political prisoners (Communists, Socialists, Trade Unionists), Jehovah's witnesses's, Soviet soldiers.

German Politics

Nazi party rise to power, values of National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), Reichstag (German Parliament), Weimar Republic, policies for Jews, Wannsee Conference (addresses Jewish "Problem"), Nazi soldier training.

Major Events

Krystallnacht (cause, events), loss of rights of Jews, "Night of the Long Knives" (killing of Hitler's opponents), Berlin Olympics 1936, Anschluss (union of Germany and Austria under Hitler), invasion of Austria, "Pact of Steel" treaty between Germany and Italy, ship sails to Cuba and is denied entry, Jedwabne (massacre of Jews in Polish town), Warsaw ghetto uprising, escape of Jews from Sobibor death camp in 1943.

Concentration Camps

Dachau, Buchenwald, Auschwitz, Dhelmo, Bergen-Belsen, Treblinka, Maidanek, any ghetto

Specific issues: transportation, gas chambers, housing, labor work, camp administration, logistics, medical experiments (Josef Mengele).

Judaism

Hasidic Jews, role of faith in camp survival, Talmud, Cabbala (mysticism).

Post War Reparations

Monetary retribution for Jews today, Revisionist theory (Holocaust was a myth), Nuremburg trials (choose one person or research general purpose behind trials), liberation stories, destruction of camps, memorials construction.

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Find information in encyclopedias, biographies, newspapers, personal interviews, and the Internet, the Library Media Center and other libraries.

MCPS Catalog
Montgomery County Public Library

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Some suggested books from the WJ Library:

940.53 & 940.54
History
92 Biographies
920 Compilations of Biographies

 

 Walter Johnson’s Learning Research Hub
provides access to a catalog of all books and
materials located in the Media Center, and
to a wide variety of general and subject-based
online reference materials.

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The links below provide useful research tools for this project.

http://remember.org/cylinks.html
As address indicates, this site provides links to many resources.

http://www.hpn.org/beyond/chap1.html
Looks at the causes of the holocaust

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~holoweb/links/
Provides links to many resources

http://www.pinenet.com/~rooster/mintz.html
Site deals with the “Legends of the Hasidism”

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/richard/chesnoff010300.asp
Article discusses funds available thru banks, etc. to survivors

http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum resources

http://remember.org/
Provides an assortment of resources from art to witnesses of the holocaust

http://www.holocaust-history.org/
Free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the holocaust, including direct refutation of holocaust-denial

http://www.interlog.com/~mighty/
Dedicated to women who lost their lives during the holocaust year

http://www.fmv.ulg.ac.be/schmitz/holocaust.html
Picture resources file reflecting on specific events

http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blholocaust.htm
Provides resources of survivors, timelines, and general history information

http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocausthp.html
Washington report on holocaust era assets

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/holo.html
Covers a wide range of holocaust material

http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/
Voice/Vision of holocaust survivors


The Holocaust: A Glossary of Terms

Chronology of the Holocaust: 1930 - 1945

Lipstadt Lambasts Revisionist Theory by Jennifer Harris

The Importantance of Revisionism

Homosexuals and the Holocaust

Kristallnacht

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Notetaking Hints (Mr. Schleicher’s suggestions)

Your notes determine the success of your paper. Good notes are essential to a good paper. Follow these general guidelines for all note taking:

1. Put only one idea from one source on a note card. This will help you organize the cards more easily.

2. Identify the source. On every notecard, identify the source from which the note comes. Do this first, before taking any notes.


• In the upper right corner of every note card, write the author’s last name, or, if unsigned, the article’s title (abbreviated, if necessary). Also, write the page number from which the note comes.


3. Identify the topic or main idea. These identifying words are called the slug. For each note you take, find a word or two to identify the topic of the note. Put these in the upper left corner of the card.

4. Keep a list of your sources on a separate notecard. Include the following information:


• Author (if a website with no author, skip this)
• Title, publisher, date of publication
• web address (complete URL)
• pages used

Apply gathered information to assigned project.

 

Stage Number and Name
Due Date
Periods 3 & 4
Due Date
Periods 6 & 7
Points
Earned
1) Topic Selection
11/10
11/10
5
2) 3 Sources Found (minimum)*
11/17
11/14
5
3) 20 Notecards (minimum)
11/17
11/14
10
4) Outline or Graphic Organizer
11/18
11/17
10
5) Research Paper
11/20
11/20
35
TOTAL POINTS EARNED    
65

*One of your 3 sources must be non-electronic (e.g. book, encyclopedia, periodical, etc.). Keep a list of these sources on a separate notecard

Organization: Paper has intro., conclusion, and subjects of research are divided into paragraphs
/10
Coherence: use of effective transitions, topic sentences, and content to develop thesis statement
/10
Parenthetical notations: form is correct, all material used is attributed to a source
/5
Works Cited Page: form is correct, at least 3 sources are cited
/5
MUGS
/5
TOTAL
/35

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Finished assignment fulfills task.

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