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Daily Assignments Spring Semester

  Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 March 6  
  March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22  

Explanation of Course Goals and Rationale


Week of January 9

    Jan. 10: Introduction:   Remembering: Lessons and Misunderstandings   (Day 2)
Handout study guide to The Nazi Officer's Wife and discuss the historical context.
    Jan. 12: What do you remember about Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic?   (Day 4)
Mini-lecture: Hitler's Rise to Power.   Discussion of The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 1-4.

 

Week of January 16

    Jan. 17: Reading quiz covering The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 1-7.   (Day 6)
Begin video: The Nazi Officer's Wife.
    Jan. 19: First Journal Entry due at the beginning of class.   (Day 8)
Finish video: The Nazi Officer's Wife.   Compare video with book.

 

Week of January 23

    Jan. 23: Discussion of followed by reading quiz covering The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 8-13.  
Discuss paper assignment.   Begin discussion of the Hossbach Memorandum.   (Day 10)
    Jan. 25: Conclude discussion of the Hossbach Memorandum and other primary sources.   (Day 2)
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
    Jan. 27: Mini Lecture: "Eyewitness with an Ax to Grind."   (Day 4)
Begin video: America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference.

 

Week of January 30

    Jan. 31: Conclude video: America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference.   (Day 6)
Read Auschwitz: A New History, pp 241t-248m.
    Feb. 2: Lecture: Origins and Evolution of the "Final Solution."   (Day 8)
Paper on The Nazi Officer's Wife due.

 

Week of February 6

    Feb. 6: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 1-36t (emphasize 10-18; 31b-36t).   (Day 10)
Extra credit journal response to America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference due.
    Feb. 8: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 36t-55; 57-64b.   (Day 2)
    Feb. 10: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 64b-86t.   (Day 4)
Video: Auschwitz--Inside the Nazi State   ("Surprise Beginnings").

 

Week of February 13

    Feb. 14: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 86t-107.   (Day 6)
Video: Auschwitz--Inside the Nazi State   ("Orders and Initiatives").
    Feb. 16: Lecture: The Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution."   (Day 8)
Discussion of the Wannsee Protocol: January 20, 1942

 

Week of February 20

    Feb. 22: Small Group Discussion of Kershaw, "Hitler and the Holocaust."   (Day 10)
    Feb. 24: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 109-135t; 139vb-146t.   (Day 2)

 

Week of February 27

    Feb. 28: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 146t-164; 168m-170b.   (Day 4)
Hand out essay topics for in-class essay on Auschwitz: A New History, chapters 1-3.
    March 2: In-class essay.   (Day 6)

Week of March 6

    March 6: Mini-lecture on Jewish resistance.   Auschwitz: A New History, pp 165-177; 196b-210m.   (Day 8)
Begin video: Escape From Sobibor.
    March 8: Finish video: Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 10)
Read Auschwitz: A New History, pp 210m-217; 219-241t; 252vb-258.
    March 10: Mini-lecture:  Marrus's interpretation of Germany's Allies and Collaborators.   (Day 2)
Discussion of the fate of the Hungarian Jews.   Response to Escape From Sobibor due.

 

Fourth Quarter Assignments

 

Week of March 27

    March 28: Discussion of Night, pp 1-43.   (Day 2)
    March 30: Night, pp 43-109.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 4)

 

Week of April 3

    April 3: Video: Kitty: Return to Auschwitz.   (Day 6)
Paper on Night due.
    April 5: Ordinary Men, preface, chapters 1 and 5.   (Day 8)
Discuss Kitty: Return to Auschwitz.
    April 7: Ordinary Men, chapters 6-9.   (Day 10)
Response to Kitty: Return to Auschwitz due.

 

Week of April 10

    April 11: Ordinary Men, chapters 10-11 and pp 111b-146.   (Day 2)
Discussion of paper assignment on depictions of the Perpetrators.
Begin video: The Wannsee Conference.
    April 13: Finish and discuss video: The Wannsee Conference.   (Day 4)

 

Week of April 17

    April 17: Ordinary Men, pp 149vb-152b; 174t-175t; 176b-179t; 182m-189.   (Day 6)
Discussion of differing depictions of the perpetrators in Ordinary Men and The Wannsee Conference
    April 19: Begin video: Europa, Europa.   (Day 8)
    April 21: Conclude and discuss video: Europa, Europa.   (Day 10)
Paper on Perpetrators of the Holocaust due.

 

Week of April 24

    April 25: Maus, volume I.   (Day 2)
Extra credit response to Europa, Europa due.
    April 27: Maus, volume II.   (Day 4)

 

Week of May 1

    May 1: The Complete Maus.   (Meet in computer lab).   (Day 6)
    May 3: Discussion of Maus, volumes I and II and The Complete Maus.   (Day 8)
    May 5: Discussion with guest speaker of growing up as the child of a Holocaust survivor.   (Day 10)
Journal response to The Complete Maus due.

Week of May 8

    May 9: Nightfather, pp 1-88.   (Day 2)
    May 11: Nightfather, pp 89-136.   (Day 4)

Week of May 15

    May 15: Comparison of Maus and Nightfather in preparation for final exam.   (Day 6)
Honors and AP papers due.
    May 17: Comparison of Maus and Nightfather in preparation for final exam.   (Day 8)
    May 19: Senior Service Day.   (Day 10)

Week of May 22

    May 22: Senior Reading Day.   (Day 1)

 
            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.