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Elie Wiesel: Speaking Truth to Genocide to Power Lesson PlanElie Wiesel: Speaking Truth to Genocide to Power Lesson Plan
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Speak Truth to Power
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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2010
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Elie Wiesel: Speaking Truth to Genocide to Power

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Invite your learners to discover the efforts of Night author Elie Wiesel to promote awareness of genocide in the world. After watching and reading an interview of Elie Wiesel, high schoolers work to create a living Holocaust museum by researching instances of genocide around the world and designing posters based on their findings. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

night, genocide, rwanda, the holocaust, elie wiesel

Additional Tags

genocide, night, kristallnacht, nuremberg laws, holocaust, rwanda, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Encourage groups to present their findings and research to the class

Classroom Considerations

  • You'll need to establish project guidelines

Pros

  • Includes extensive list of research topics regarding genocide
  • Engaging, project-based learning activity
  • Provides video and biographical resources

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.7 WHST.9-10.7 WHST.11-12.7 WHST.11-12.9

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Night: Guided Imagery Activity

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Night

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Major Holocaust Themes in Elie Wiesel's Memoir, Night

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Unit Plan

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Night" by Elie Wiesel

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Selected (10) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with the autobiography "Night" by Elie Wiesel. In this autobiographical account, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel recounts his horrifying experiences at the Auschwitz and Buchenwald...
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"Night": A Study in Compassion and Courage

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Students read the novel, "Night" by Elie Wiesel. Using excerpts from the novel, they complete a performance and literary technique objective. In groups, they finish handouts to give them more information on the Holocaust. They compare...
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Teaching Night with Web Research Assignments

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High schoolers research the Holocaust. They read the autobiography, Night, by Elie Wiesel, conduct research on a child of the Holocaust, and write an essay comparing/contrasting the life of their selected child with that of Elie Wiesel.
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Interative History Notebook Mini-lesson

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Introduction to Night by Elie Wiesel

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Students research background knowledge of the Holocaust using Internet websites and the video Seared Souls as preparation for reading Elie Wiesel's Night. In this Night lesson, students visit websites for Holocaust vocabulary,...
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