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"Always Remember"                               Dr. Schulkin
Daily Assignments: Week by Week                 Fall 2001
Aug. 28     Sept. 3    Sept. 10    Sept. 17      Sept. 24    Oct. 1     Oct. 8      Oct. 15      Oct. 22

Oct. 29     Nov. 5     Nov. 12    Nov. 19      Nov. 26     Dec. 3    Dec. 10    Dec. 17                

Explanation of Course Goals and Rationale


Week of August 28

Aug. 29:     Introduction:   Remembering the Holocaust   (Day 2)

Aug. 31:     My German Question, ix-56.   Memoir as Memory.   (Day 4)
                   Begin work on first journal entry in class.

Week of September 3

Sept. 5:      My German Question, 57-110.   Compare with History as Memory.   (Day 6)
                   First journal entry due.

Sept. 7:      My German Question, 110-154.    Discuss in conjunction with key primary sources:    (Day 8)
                   The Hossbach Memorandum, November 10, 1937
                   Heydrich's Order of November 10, 1938
                   Stenographic Report of the Meeting on the Jewish Question, November 12, 1938

Week of September 10

Sept. 11:    Lecture: History as Memory.   Read My German Question, 154-184.   (Day 10)
Sept. 13:    Memory and the World Wide Web.   (Meet in the computer lab)
                   Learning Site for Students: Nazi Rule.
Sept. 13:    Learning Site for Students:  Jews in Pre-War Germany.  (Day 2)
                   Paper on My German Question due.

Week of September 17

Sept. 17:     Lecture: The Nazi Dictatorship.   (Day 4)

Sept. 19:     Discussion of "Major Issues," Part I.   (Day 6)

Sept. 21:     Au Revoir Les Enfants.   (Day 8)

Week of September 24

Sept. 25:      Au Revoir Les Enfants.   (Day 10)

Sept. 27:      Hitler and the Final Solution   (Day 2)
                     Response to Au Revoir Les Enfants due.

Week of October 1

Oct. 1:           "Major Issues," Part II:  Germany's Allies and Collaborators.   (Day 4)

Oct. 3:           Exam on "Major Issues," Parts I and II.   (Day 6)

Oct. 5:           Night, 1-43.   (Day 8)
 

Week of October 8

Oct. 10:         Night, 43-109.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 10)

Oct. 12:         Video: Kitty: Return to Auschwitz.    (Day 2)

Week of October 15

Oct. 17:         Paper on Night due.   Lecture: Jewish Resistance.   (Day 4)

Oct. 19:         Film:  Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 6)
                      Journal Response to Kitty: Return to Auschwitz due.
 

Second Quarter Assignments
 

Week of October 22

Oct. 23:         Film:  Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 8)

Oct. 25:         E-Mail Discussion with Kitty Hart-Moxon.   (Day 10)
 

Week of October 29

Oct. 29:         Photo Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau.   (Day 2)
                      Journal response to Escape From Sobibor due.

Oct. 31:         Ordinary Men, preface and chapters 1-4.   (Day 4)  
 

Week of November 5

Nov. 5:          Ordinary Men, chapters 5-8.   (Day 6)

Nov. 7:          Ordinary Men, chapters 9-13.   (Day 8)

Nov. 9:          Ordinary Men, chapters 14-17.   Hand out paper assignment.   (Day 10)
 

Week of November 12

Nov. 13:        Ordinary Men, chapter 18.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 2)

Nov. 15:        Paper on Ordinary Men due.   Film: Europa, Europa. (Day 4)
 

Week of November 19

Nov. 19:         Film: Europa, Europa.   (Day 6)

Nov. 21:         Journal response to Europa, Europa due.   (Day 8)


Week of November 26

Nov. 27:          Maus, I, pp 5-69.   (Day 10)

Nov. 29:          Maus, I, pp 70-159.   (Day 2)

 

Week of December 3

Dec. 3:            Maus, volume II.   (Day 4)

Dec. 5:            The Complete Maus.   (Meet in computer lab)   (Day 6)

Dec. 7:            Discussion of The Complete Maus.    In-class essay.   (Day 8)
 

Week of December 10

Dec. 11:          Discussion of Nightfather.   (Day 10)

Dec. 13:          Comparison of Maus and Nightfather.   (Day 2)
 

Week of December 17

Dec. 17:          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.