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"Always Remember"                               Dr. Schulkin

Daily Assignments: Week by Week                 Fall 2000
Aug. 29     Sept. 4    Sept. 11    Sept. 18      Sept. 25    Oct. 2     Oct. 9      Oct. 16      Oct. 23

Oct. 30     Nov. 6     Nov. 13    Nov. 20      Nov. 27     Dec. 4    Dec. 11    Dec. 18                

Explanation of Course Goals and Rationale


Week of August 29

Aug. 30:    Introduction:   Remembering the Holocaust   (Day 2)

Sept. 1:      My German Question, ix-56.   Memoir as Memory.   (Day 4)

        First journal entry due.

Week of September 4


Sept. 6:      My German Question, 57-137.   Compare with History as Memory.   (Day 6)

Sept. 8:      My German Question, 138-184.    (Day 8)
 

Week of September 11

Sept. 12:    History as Memory: Germans and Nazis.   (Day 10)
         Paper on My German Question due.
Sept. 14:    Memory and the World Wide Web.   (Meet in the computer lab)
                   Learning Site for Students: Nazi Rule.   Read "Major Issues."
Sept. 14:    Learning Site for Students:  Jews in Pre-War Germany.  (Day 2)

Week of September 18


Sept. 18:     Learning Site for Students: The Final Solution.   (Day 4)
                    Read "Major Issues," II.   (Meet in computer lab)

Sept. 20:     Discussion of "Major Issues," I.   (Day 6)
          Begin lecture on "The Nazi Dictatorship."

Sept. 22:     Discussion of "Major Issues," II.   (Day 8)

 

Week of September 25


Sept. 26:      Lecture: Hitler and the "Final Solution"   (Day 10)

           Journal entry on Learning Site for Students due.

Sept. 28:      Review for exam on "Major Issues."   (Day 2)
 

Week of October 2

Oct. 2:         Exam on "Major Issues."   (Day 4)

Oct. 4:         Au Revoir Les Enfants.   (Day 6)

Oct. 6:         Au Revoir Les Enfants.   (Day 8)
 

Week of October 9

Oct. 11:        Weapons of the Spirit.   (Day 10)

           Journal entry on Au Revoir Les Enfants due.  

Oct. 13:        Night, 1-43.   (Day 2)
 

Week of October 16


Oct. 19:        Night, 43-109.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 4)
 

Second Quarter Assignments

Week of October 23


Oct. 23:         Paper on Night due.   Lecture: Resistance   (Day 6)

Oct. 24:         Film:  Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 8)

Oct. 26:         Film:  Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 10)
 

Week of October 30


Oct. 31:         Ordinary Men, preface and chapters 1-3.   (Day 2)

Nov. 2:          Ordinary Men, chapters 4-6.   (Day 4)   Journal entry on
                      Escape From Sobibor due.


Week of November 6

Nov. 6:          Ordinary Men, chapters 7-9.   (Day 6)

Nov. 8:          Ordinary Men, chapters 10-13.   (Day 8)

Nov. 10:        Ordinary Men, chapters 14-17.   Hand out paper assignment.   (Day 10)
 

Week of November 13

Nov. 14:        Ordinary Men, chapter 18.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 2)

Nov. 16:        Paper on Ordinary Men due.   Film: Europa, Europa. (Day 4)
 

Week of November 20

Nov. 20:         Film: Europa, Europa.   (Day 6)

Nov. 22:         No class meeting.   Journal entry on Europa, Europa due.   (Day 8)


Week of November 27

Nov. 28:         Video: Kitty: Return to Auschwitz.   Read Maus, I, pp 5-69. (Day 10)

Nov. 30:          Read Maus, I, pp 70-159.   Discussion of volume I.    (Day 2)
 


Week of December 4

Dec. 4:           Maus, volume II.   (Day 4)

Dec. 6:           The Complete Maus.   (Meet in computer lab)   (Day 6)

Dec. 8:           Discussion of The Complete Maus.    In-class essay.   (Day 8)
 
 

Week of December 11


Dec. 12:         Read Nightfather.   Discussion of Nightfather.   (Day 10)

Dec. 14:         Comparison of Maus and Nightfather.   (Day 2)
 

Week of December 18


Dec. 18:         Review for final examination.   (Day 2)


The final examination will consist of a single essay question comparing the impact of the Holocaust on survivors and their children as depicted in Maus and Nightfather.    A required course evaluation will also be due on the day of the exam.