Always Remember	Mr. Schulkin
	Daily Assignments	Fall Semester

Aug. 21

Aug. 27

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

Aug. 22:	Introduction:  Lessons and Misunderstandings.   What do you remember about German History?   (Day 2) Hand out study guide to The Nazi Officer's Wife and discuss the historical context.
Aug. 24:	Discussion of The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 1-3.   (Day 4) Mini-lecture: Hitler's Rise to Power.

Aug. 28:	Discussion of The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 1-7.   (Day 6) Reading quiz covering chapters 1-7.
Aug. 30:	First Journal Entry due at the beginning of class.   (Day 8) Discussion of The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 8-10.   Compare book with excerpts from video.

Sept. 4:	Discussion of The Nazi Officer's Wife, chapters 11-13.   Reading quiz covering chapters 8-13.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 10)
Sept. 6:	"Eyewitness with an Ax to Grind."   (Day 2) Begin video: America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference.

Sept. 10:	Finish video: America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference.   (Day 4) Paper on The Nazi Officer's Wife due.   Recommended: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 241t-248m.
Sept. 12:	Lecture: "The Nazi Dictatorship," followed by examination of selected primary sources:   (Day 6) Hossbach Memorandum 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 Extra credit response to America and the Holocaust due.
Sept. 14:	Discussion of Kershaw, "Hitler and the Holocaust."   (Day 8)

Sept. 18:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 1-36t (emphasize 10-18; 31b-36t).   (Day 10)
Sept. 21:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 36t-55; 57-64b.   (Day 2)

Sept. 25:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 64b-86t.   (Day 4)
Sept. 27:	Video: Auschwitz--Inside the Nazi State.   (Day 6) Read Auschwitz: A New History, pp 86t-107.

Oct. 1:	Discussion of Auschwitz: A New History, pp 86t-128.   (Day 8) Compare with Marrus's interpretation of collaborators.
Oct. 3:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 129-135m; 139vb-164 (emphasize 146-155).   (Day 10) Hand out essay topics for in-class essay on Auschwitz: A New History, chapters 1-3.
Oct. 5:	In-class essay.   (Day 2)

Oct. 10:	Auschwitz: A New History, pp 165-177; 196b-210m.   (Day 2)
Oct. 12:	Mini-lecture on Jewish resistance.   (Day 2) Begin video: Escape From Sobibor.

Oct. 16:	Finish video: Escape From Sobibor.   (Day 4) Read Auschwitz: A New History, pp 210m-217; 219-241t.
Oct. 19:	Video: Kitty: Return to Auschwitz.   (Day 6) Journal response to Escape From Sobibor due.

Oct. 23:	Discussion of Night, pp 1-43 and the fate of the Hungarian Jews.   (Day 8) Extra credit response to Kitty: Return to Auschwitz due.
Oct. 25:	Night, pp 43-109.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 10) Recommended: Auschwitz: A New History, pp 252vb-258.

Oct. 29:	Begin video: The Pianist.   (Day 2) Paper on Night due.
Oct. 31:	Read The Pianist, pp 7-60.   Continue video.   (Day 4)

Nov. 5:	Read The Pianist, pp 61-107.   Finish the video.   (Day 6).
Nov. 7:	Discussion of The Pianist, pp 7-125.   (Day 8) Reading quiz covering pp 7-125.
Nov. 9:	The Pianist, pp 126-166.   (Day 10)

Nov. 13:	The Pianist, pp 167-208.   Discuss paper assignment.   (Day 2)
Nov. 15:	Lecture: Perpetrators of the Holocaust.   (Day 4)

Nov. 19:

Paper on The Pianist due.   (Day 6) Lecture on Perpetrators concluded.   Excerpts from video: The Wannsee Conference

Nov. 26:	Maus, volume I.   (Day 8)
Nov. 28:	Maus, volume II.   (Day 10)
Nov. 30:	Discussion of Maus, volumes I and II.   (Day 2)

Dec. 4:	The Complete Maus   (Meet in J310)   (Day 4)
Dec. 6:	In-class essay on The Complete Maus.   (Day 6)

Dec. 10:	Nightfather, pp 1-88.   (Day 8)
Dec. 12:	Nightfather, pp 89-136.   (Day 10)
Dec. 14:	Comparison of Maus and Nightfather in preparation for final exam.   (Day 2)

         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.