https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9 Text Set en-us 2017-04-06 06:40:29 UTC 2025-09-30 19:36:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165052469 This book is about a young girl who is nervous to celebrate Hanukkah with her aunt who has just come from Mexico.
Ideas for use:
1. Compare the main character's celebration with a holiday you celebrate with your family.  How are they similar or different?
2. Compare the Jewish customs in this book with those described in Night.  How are they similar or different?
3. Discuss the importance of learning about different people and cultures.

Costa, D.D. (2007). Hanukkah moon. Minneapolis, MN: Kar-Ben Publishing.]]> 2017-04-06 06:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165052469 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165055381 In this speech, Elie Wiesel discusses his feelings about winning the Nobel Prize and the importance of helping those who are persecuted for their race, religion, or other traits.
Ideas for use:
1. How are the values Elie Wiesel expresses in his speech seen in Night?
2. Discuss how Elie Wiesel's ideas can be applied to current events today
3. Summarize Elie Wiesel's speech in three sentences or less.  What point do you think he was trying to get across in his speech?

Rikskringkasting, N.  (2014). Acceptance speech by Elie Wiesel.  Retrieved from https://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=2028.]]> 2017-04-06 07:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165055381 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165063001 This website shows images and descriptions of different areas of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. 
1. Discuss the conditions of this concentration camp.  How does this resource compare to Elie Wiesel's description of Auschwitz in Night?
2. Compare the images of Auschwitz to Elie Wiesel's description of the camp. 
3. Discuss how these images might change the way you understand Night. 

Auschwitz I. (2005). [Interactive walk through of the Auschwitz concentration camp]. Virtual Tour of Auzchwitz. Retrieved from https://scrapbookpages.com/AuschwitzScrapbook/Tour/index.html.]]> 2017-04-06 07:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165063001 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165064914 In this book, two young girls of different faiths work together to escape religious persecution in Ethiopia.
1. Write about the main idea of this book.  How does it relate to Elie Wiesel's message in Night?
2. Research a religion or culture you know very little about.  Use this information to create a short presentation about your findings.
3. How do the girls in this story overcome their fears of leaving home?  

Kurts, J. (1998). The storyteller's beads. New York: Scholastic. ]]> 2017-04-06 07:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165064914 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165074256 This book follows the life of a young girl named Liesel living in Nazi Germany.  She loves to read and shares her stolen books to bring happiness to those around her. 
Ideas for use:
1. Research what life was like for an average family in Nazi Germany.  Is the description of the family in The Book Thief accurate?
2. Discuss the potential dangers of hiding a Jewish person in Nazi Germany.  What would you do in the family's position?
3. Why was stealing books dangerous during this time? Do you think it was worth the risk? Write a short essay about your findings. 

Zusak, M. (2005). The book thief. New York: Random House. ]]> 2017-04-06 08:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165074256 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165079052 This poem is about the narrator's faith in humanity despite the cruelty that has happened in the world.
1. Do you think people are generally moral? Why? Discuss your answers with a partner.
2. Write a short paragraph about your thoughts on how and why terrible things like the Holocaust can happen.  Do you think we can keep this from happening again in the future?
3. Research Alexander Kimel's life.  How do you think his experiences shaped his outlook on life? Would you be able to be this positive if you had experienced similar things?

Kimel, A. (n.d.). The creed of a Holocaust survivor. Retrieved from: http://remember.org/witness/kimel2.]]> 2017-04-06 09:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165079052 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165081020 This webpage describes how black people were treated in Nazi Germany.
Ideas for use:
1. Why do you think the Nazis were so against people of other races?
2. Research the Geneva Convention.  Write a short response about how the treatment of black people in Nazi Germany broke the rules outlined in that agreement.
3. Discuss why you think these events are not spoken about or taught as often.

Blacks during the Holocaust. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005479.]]> 2017-04-06 09:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165081020 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165082270 In this movie, an American girl who is uninterested in her Jewish heritage is taken back in time to the beginning of Nazi influence in Poland. 
Ideas for use:
1. Use a character map to follow how the main character changes throughout the movie.
2. Discuss what caused the main character to change her mind about her Jewish heritage. 
3. Discuss the importance of the setting of this film.  How could the main character have learned about her heritage without time travel? Do you think this would have had as significant of an impact?

Schisgal, M & Weintraub, F. (Producers), & Deitch, D. (Director). (1999). The devil's arithmetic. [Motion Picture]. The United States: Millbrook Farm Productions.]]> 2017-04-06 09:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165082270 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165083661 This webpage describes the treatment of people with disabilities in Nazi Germany.
1. Compare this information with Elie Wiesel's observations in Night.  Does he appear to be witnessing this?
2. It is implied in both this article and Night that the German people had some knowledge of what was happening to Jewish people, those with disabilities, and others.  Why do you think they did not try to prevent this from happening? What would you do in their situation?
3. Listen to the audio clips in this article.  Write a short reflection about how the "fit" and "unfit" labels effected Elie Wiesel's time in the concentration camps.  How did he avoid being labelled "unfit"?

Nazi persecution of the disabled: Murder of the "unfit." (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/nazi-persecution-of-the-disabled.]]> 2017-04-06 09:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165083661 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165084471 This book is about a young Jewish girl who was hidden in an attic with her sister while her country was occupied by Nazi Germany. 
1. How would your life change if you could not leave your house? Create a graphic organizer comparing the potential changes in your life and the changes the sisters face in The Upstairs Room.
2. Research others who hid Jewish people during this time.  Why did they choose to do this? How common was it?
3. Research the true story behind The Upstairs Room.  Compare and contrast your findings in a Venn diagram with information you learned from reading the book.

Reiss, J. (1990). The upstairs room. New York: HarperCollins.]]> 2017-04-06 09:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165084471 849699 https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165086333 This book is about a young Jewish girl who leaves Russia with her family to avoid persecution.  She writes letters to her cousin in Russia to distract herself from the terrible things she has experienced. 
Ideas for use:
1. Write a letter to a friend or family member pretending you had to leave your home.  What would you say? How would you feel?
2. Discuss what Elie Wiesel might have written to his family if he was able to.  How would this be different from the girl in Letters from Rifka?
3. Research religious persecution in Russia or another part of the world.  Based on you research, write a paragraph about why you think religious persecution happens. 

Hesse, K. (2009). Letters from Rifka. New York: Square Fish Books.]]> 2017-04-06 09:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/849699/kvxenperz8h9/wish/165086333