Always Remember	Mr. Schulkin
	Daily Assignments	Fall Semester

Aug. 29

Sept. 5

Sept. 12

Sept. 19

Sept. 26

Oct. 3

Oct. 10

Oct. 17

Oct. 24

Oct. 31

Nov. 7

Nov. 14

Nov. 21

Nov. 28

Dec. 5

Dec. 12

Aug. 29:	Introduction:   Remembering: Lessons and Misunderstandings   (Day 1) Handout study guide to The Nazi Officer's Wife and discuss the historical context.
Aug. 30:	What do you remember about Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic?   (Day 1) Mini-lecture: Hitler's Rise to Power.
Sept. 1:	Reading quiz covering The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 1-7.   (Day 3) Begin video: The Nazi Officer's Wife.

Sept 6:	First Journal Entry due at the beginning of class.   (Day 5) Finish video: The Nazi Officer's Wife.   Compare video with book.
Sept. 8:	Reading quiz covering The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 8-13.   Discuss paper assignment.   Mini-lecture: "Eyewitness with an Ax to Grind."   (Day 7)

Sept: 12	Discussion of the Hossbach Memorandum and other primary sources.   (Day 9) Message from SS-Grupenfuhrer Heydrich to all State Police Offices, November 10, 1938 Stenographic Report of the Meeting on the Jewish Question..., November 12, 1938 Hitler's Speech of January 30, 1939
Sept. 14:	Video: America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference.   (Day 1) Read Auschwitz: A New History, pp 241t-248m.
Sept 16:	Conclude video: America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference.   (Day 3) Write in-class response to video.

Sept. 20:	Paper on The Nazi Officer's Wife due.   Lecture: The Nazi Dictatorship.   (Day 5)
Sept. 22:	Small Group Discussion of Kershaw, "Hitler and the Holocaust."   (Day 7)

Sept. 26:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 1-36t (emphasize 10-18; 31b-36t).   (Day 9)
Sept. 28:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 36t-55; 57-64b.   (Day 1)
Sept. 30:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 64b-86t.   (Day 3)

Oct. 4:	Video: Auschwitz--Inside the Nazi State.   (Day 5) Read Auschwitz: A New History, pp 86t-107.
Oct. 6:	Discussion of Auschwitz: A New History, pp 86t-128.   (Day 7) Compare with Marrus's interpretation of collaborators.

Oct. 11:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 129-135m; 139vb-164 (emphasize 146-155).   (Day 9) Hand out essay topics for in-class essay on Auschwitz: A New History, chapters 1-3.
Oct. 14:	In-class essay.   (Day 1)

Oct. 18:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 165-177; 196b-210m.   (Day 1)
Oct. 20:	Mini-lecture on Jewish resistance.   (Day 1) Begin video: Escape From Sobibor.

Oct. 24:	Finish video: Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 1) Read Auschwitz: A New History, pp 210m-217; 219-241t.
Oct. 26:	Discussion of Night, pp 1-43 and the fate of the Hungarian Jews.   (Day 3) Extra credit response to Escape From Sobibor due.

Oct. 31:	Night, pp 43-109.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 5)
Nov. 2:	Ordinary Men, preface, chapters 1 and 5.   Auschwitz: A New History, pp 252vb-258.   (Day 7)
Nov. 4:	Video: Kitty: Return to Auschwitz.   (Day 9) Paper on Night due.

Nov. 8:	Ordinary Men, chapters 6-9.   (Day 1) Extra credit response to Kitty: Return to Auschwitz due.
Nov. 10:	Ordinary Men, chapters 10-11 and pp 111b-146.   (Day 3) Discussion of paper assignment on depictions of the Perpetrators. Begin video: The Wannsee Conference.

Nov. 14:	Finish video: The Wannsee Conference.   (Day 5) Read Ordinary Men, pp 149vb-152b; 174t-175t; 176b-179t; 182m-189.
Nov. 16:	Maus, volume I.   (Day 7)
Nov. 18:	Maus, volume II.   (Day 9)

Nov. 22:

Discussion of Maus, volumes I and II.   (Day 1) Paper on Perpetrators of the Holocaust due.

Nov. 28:	The Complete Maus.   (Meet in computer lab).   (Day 1)
Nov. 30:	Journal response to The Complete Maus due.   (Day 3) Discussion with Dr. Sternberg of growing up as the child of a Holocaust survivor.
Dec. 2:	Nightfather, pp 1-88.   (Day 5)

Dec. 6:	Nightfather, pp 89-136.   (Day 7)
Dec. 8:	Comparison of Maus and Nightfather in preparation for final exam.   (Day 9)

Dec. 12:

Reading Day.

         The final examination will consist of a single essay question comparing the strengths and weaknesses of Maus and Nightfather as depictions of both the Holocaust itself and the impact of the Holocaust on survivors and their children.    A required course evaluation will be due on the day of the exam.