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"Always Remember"                               Dr. Schulkin
Daily Assignments: Week by Week                 Fall 2002
Aug. 26     Sept. 2    Sept. 9    Sept. 16      Sept. 23    Sept. 30     Oct. 7      Oct. 14      Oct. 21

Oct. 28     Nov. 4     Nov. 11    Nov. 18      Nov. 25     Dec. 2    Dec. 9    Dec. 16                

Explanation of Course Goals and Rationale


Week of August 26

Aug. 28:     Introduction:   Remembering the Holocaust.   Lessons of the Holocaust?   (Day 2)

Aug. 30:     Friedrich, 1-74t.   Discussion in conjunction with primary sources.   (Day 4)

Week of September 2

Sept. 4:      Friedrich, 74-138; "Eyewitness," 1-2.   Discussion in conjunction with primary sources.   (Day 6)
                   The Hossbach Memorandum, November 10, 1937   (auf deutsch)

Sept. 6:      "Eyewitness", 3-11m.    Discussion in conjunction with primary sources:    (Day 8)
                   FIRST JOURNAL ENTRY DUE.
                   Heydrich's Order of November 10, 1938    (auf deutsch)
                   Stenographic Report of the Meeting on the Jewish Question, November 12, 1938
                   Parts I and II of the Minutes of the Wannsee Conference, January 20, 1942   (auf deutsch)

Week of September 9

Sept. 10:    Lecture: History as Memory.   Begin simulation.   (Day 10)
Sept. 12:    Lecture: The Nazi Dictatorship.   Finish simulation.   (Day 2)

Week of September 16

Sept. 16:    Memory and the World Wide Web.   (Meet in the computer lab)
                   Learning Site for Students: Nazi Rule.
Sept. 16:    Learning Site for Students:  Jews in Pre-War Germany.  (Day 4)
                   Paper on Friedrich and "Eyewitness" due.

Sept. 18:     Discussion of "Major Issues in the Study of the Holocaust," Part I.   (Day 6)
                    Mini-lecture: New Perspectives on "The Final Solution."

Sept. 20:     Au Revoir Les Enfants.   (Day 8)

Week of September 23

Sept. 24:      Au Revoir Les Enfants.   (Day 10)

Sept. 26:      Small Group Discussion of Kershaw, "Hitler and the Holocaust."   (Day 2)
                     Response to Au Revoir Les Enfants due.

Week of September 30

Sept. 30:       Discussion of "Major Issues," Part II:  Germany's Allies and Collaborators.   (Day 4)

Oct. 2:           Essay Exam on "Major Issues," Parts I and II.   (Day 6)

Oct. 4:           Night, 1-43.   (Day 8)
 

Week of October 7

Oct. 8:          Night, 43-109.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 10)

Oct. 10:        Lecture: Jewish Resistance.   (Day 2)

Week of October 14

Oct. 16:         Paper on Night due.   Video: Kitty: Return to Auschwitz.   (Day 4)
Oct. 18:        Photo Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau.   (Day 6)

 

Second Quarter Assignments
 

Week of October 21

Oct. 22:         Film:  Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 8)
                      Journal Response to Kitty: Return to Auschwitz due.

Oct. 24:         Film:  Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 10)
 

Week of October 28

Oct. 28:         Weapons of the Spirit   (Day 2)
                      Journal response to Escape From Sobibor due.

Oct. 30:         Ordinary Men, preface and chapters 1-4.   (Day 4)  
 

Week of November 4

Nov. 4:          Ordinary Men, chapters 5-8.   (Day 6)

Nov. 6:          Ordinary Men, chapters 9-13.   (Day 8)

Nov. 8:          Ordinary Men, chapters 14-17.   Hand out paper assignment.   (Day 10)
 

Week of November 11

Nov. 12:        Ordinary Men, chapter 18.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 2)

Nov. 14:        Film: Europa, Europa.   (Day 4)
 

Week of November 18

Nov. 18:         Film: Europa, Europa.   Paper on Ordinary Men due.   (Day 6)

Nov. 20:         Discussion of and in-class journal response to Europa, Europa.   (Day 8)

Nov. 22:         Maus, volume I.   (Day 10)


Week of November 25

Nov. 26:         Maus, volume II.   (Day 2)

 

Week of December 2

Dec. 2:            The Complete Maus.   (Meet in computer lab)   (Day 4)

Dec. 4:            Discussion of The Complete Maus.    In-class essay.   (Day 6)

Dec. 6:            Discussion of Nightfather, 1-88.   (Day 8)
 

Week of December 9

Dec. 10:          Discussion of Nightfather, 89- 136.   (Day 10)

Dec. 12:          Comparison of Maus and Nightfather.   (Day 2)
 

Week of December 16

Dec. 16:          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.