Night

==//**We will be reading __Night__ over the next few weeks. It is a powerfully written book which will make you question the cruelty of mankind throughout history. However in order to truly understand the text we must examine the historical background.**//==

**We will examine:**
 * ====vocabulary words that you will need to learn during the unit:====
 * ====Fascist====
 * ====Gestapo====
 * ===="final solution"====
 * ====Kapo====
 * ====ghetto====
 * ====processing camp====
 * ====processing camp====

Assignment #1 : Read chapter 1 in //Night// by Elie Wiesel

Create a document in Microsoft Word. Name it Night Vocabulary. Look up the words listed above and save it. You will add to this list as you read. If there are words you do not understand in the text you are expected to look them up

Assignment #2 Complete reading chapter 2. Begin gathering information about the mistreatment of the prisoners. Create a document in Microsoft Word Document and begin to complile a list of both physical and mental suffering faced by the prisoners at the camps. You will use this information to create a PowerPoint about the Conditions at the Camps.

**At the start of chapter 3, Wiesel writes "The cherished objects we had brought with us thus far were left behind on the train, and with them, at last, our illusions."**

**Assignment #3** **Interpret this observation and compare Wiesel's outlook to that of David Bergman (from the video clip [|Exile and Deportation]as he recalls his first days at Auschwitz.**
 * Compare and Contrast **

Assignment # 4

**Video Clips** ** Watch [|"Gross Rozen"] ** and __ "[|Reichenbach] __ Add information to your Conditions at the Camp document.

After watching Reichenbach, think about your own situation and physical condition. Would you have been sent to an extermination camp? Provide reasons for your answer.

In class we watched the final video clips from "The Holocaust: A Teenager's Experience" in which David Bergman describes in detail the __ train ride to Dachau __ and the conditions he faced while living at the camp at __ Dachau __. At one point in his narration, Bergman openly wonders about his own religious faith when he says, "How could man believe strongly in God under such circumstances?" This test of faith is a central theme in Wiesel's writing as well. Find specific references in //Night// to support this theme. You will be writing an essay in which you compare faith as experienced by both Bergman and Wiesel.

Extra Credit Visit the website below. Copy and paste two works of Art from the site and write an explanation of each. You should also react on an emotional level to the images depicted.