NIGHT

« I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He is the only one who’s kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people. »

Elie Wiesel

Table of Contents• Elie Wiesel• Context• Main Themes• Why should we read this book?• Group OP• Topics• Delivery• Format• What NOT to do• Summary• Sources

Elie Wiesel• Born September 30th, 1928. • Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. • He teaches humanities at Boston University.• He created United States Holocaust

Memoriam Museum.• Premier humanist of the modern times. • He believes that persecution is an experience

all people must recognize and protest.

Context• 2nd World War (1939-1945)• The story takes place in many countries:

Romania, Poland and Germany.• More than 6 million European Jews and

millions of gypsies, homosexuals and anybody who was considered undesirable were a target for Hitler’s wrath.

• The country implemented a set of laws to dehumanize German Jews and subject them to humiliation and prejudice.

Main Themes• Struggle to maintain faith.• Inhumanity toward other humans• The importance of the Father-Son bond.

Why should we read this book in class?

• « Sometimes we must interfere… Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must- at that moment- become the center of the universe. »

• Learn from our mistakes!

Group OP: Research topics relevant to the novel NIGHT

3 minutes per person (minimum)2 -3-4 persons per team

(maximum 4)

Topics CAMPS PEOPLE EVENTS Heinrich Himmler

Kristallnacht• Belzec Herman Goring Kindertransport• Chelmno Gerda Weissmann Klein Krakow Ghetto• Dachau Otto Frank Warsaw Ghetto• Gross-Rosen Primo Levi Death Marches • Flossenburg Inge Auerbacher • Neuengamme Marion Blumenthal Lazan• Madjanek Hans Frankenthal• Ravensbruck Simon Wiesenthal• Sobibor Viktor Frankl• Treblinka Alicia Appleman-Jurman• Sachsenhausen Harold Gordon

Oskar Schindler

5 Topics that must be explored

• Events:–Nuremberg Trials

• People:–Dr Joseph Mengele

• Camps: –Buchenwald –Auschwitz-Birkenau

• For a challenge:–Research life after the Holocaust : a survivor’s story…

Research:• THISWEEK• Use your time wisely. –Research–Prepare Power Point–Correct (spelling)–Revise–Practice

Oral Presentations: Dates

•October 16, 17, 21, 23, 24…

Please Note:• I will assign the dates of your presentations.

These are extremely important and MUST BE RESPECTED.

• You have to be present on the day of your group OP. I will not delay the presentations; we have no time, and you have known in advance.

• If a team member is absent, the team will need to pick up their part. That person will then be called to do an oral presentation at the end of the semester (reprises).

Evaluation• Voice / Diction (volume, errors, fillers, delivery) /20*• Time (minimum reached or penalty) *• Content (research, selection, sources identified) /25• Organization (table of contents, order chosen, summary) /25• Power Point (format) /10

Total / 80

• * = individual grade

DeliverySpeaking• Talk at a natural, moderate rate of speech • Project your voice. • Speak clearly and distinctly. • Pause briefly to give your audience time to

digest the information on each new slide. • Don’t read the slides aloud. Your audience

can read them far faster than you can talk.

Delivery

Body Language• Keep your eyes on the audience • Use natural gestures. • Don’t turn your back to the audience. • Avoid looking at your notes. Only use them

as reference points to keep you on track. Talk, don’t read.

FormatPresentation Design• Let the picture or graphics tell the story -

minimize the use of text. • Don’t overload your slides with too much text

or data. • Give your slides a title. • Prepare a Table of Contents slide. You can

reuse the same slide at the end of the presentation by changing the title to Summary.

• Keep “like” topics together.

FormatText • Font size must be large enough to be easily read.

Size 28 to 34 with a bold font is recommended. • It is distracting if you use too wide a variety of fonts. • Overuse of text is a common mistake. – Too much text makes the slide unreadable. You may just

as well show a blank slide. Stick to a few key words. – If your audience is reading the slides they are not paying

attention to you. If possible, make your point with graphics instead of text.

FormatBackgrounds• Backgrounds should never distract from the

presentation. • Using the default white background is hard on

the viewer’s eyes. You can easily add a design style or a color to the background.

• Backgrounds that are light colored with dark text, or vice versa, look good. A dark background with white font reduces glare.

• Consistent backgrounds add to a professional appearance.

Example: What not to do

Summary

• Elie Wiesel• Context• Main Themes• Why should we read this book?• Group OP• Topics• Delivery• Format• What NOT to do• Sources

Sources

• http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/splane_m/PresentationTips.htm

Respect

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Reverence