​"Presenters get 20 slides, which automatically advance every 15 seconds. The result is a fast and fun presentation which lasts just 5 minutes."

The above quote is the Ignite presentation format, and you will use Night, Maus, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, or The Book Thief as a springboard to speak your ideas.

​Find the documents for literature circles here! Remember, you are expected to prepare and print out your lit circle role sheet before class.

Feel free to consult the guides below during your literature study:

• Night memoir guide

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas novel guide

• The Book Thief novel guide

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Newsela text set: The Holocaust and "Never Again"

Film activity - Pigeon

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Scenario activity - What would you do?

​How do we determine what is evil? Who is capable of committing evil acts?

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Then, watch "The Psychology of Evil" by Philip Zimbardo. What is his argument, especially in relation to situations of authority?

Read and listen to the works below. 

Martin Niemöller: "First they came for the Socialists..."

Simon and Garfunkel - "The Sound of Silence" lyrics

What ideas do they have in common? How are their ideas different? How can the ideas in the texts above be applied to your novel? Respond to these ideas in your journal.  WRITING FOCUS: incorporate 2 vocab words into your post. Make sure you highlight them.

​Review the annotations you've been making in your book; many of your notes should reflect the themes, symbols, and motifs listed in your novel guide. Use the text and your annotations, along with other info in your novel guide, to complete this activity on literary elements.

"NEVER AGAIN"

The picture on the right shows a "[b]lue and white striped embroidered

ribbon, reminiscent of a concentration camp uniform issued in 1995 to

commemorate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau

concentration camp by American troops on April 29, 1945. Dachau was

the first concentration camp established by the Nazi government in 1933,

originally for political prisoners. Over time, other groups were interned

at Dachau, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma, homosexuals, repeat

criminal offenders, and Jews. The SS used it as the training center for

SS concentration camp guards and it had an active medical experiment

program. Most of the prisoners were used as forced labor" (United States

Holocaust Memorial Museum).

The term "never again" is a vow made by people commemorating the

Holocaust so that such an atrocity never happens again. Read the 75-

year observation, "Never Again: Heeding the Warning Signs" from the

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. What might motivate us to

respond to warning signs of genocide today?

​Can the history of the refugee crisis of the 1930s help us think about how we respond to Syrian refugees today? The New York Times article "Comparing Jewish Refugees of the 1930s with Syrians Today" by Daniel Victor explores the parallels between today's Syrian refugees and Jewish refugees before WWII.

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How does this complicate our thinking about how individuals and governments define their responsibilities to refugees in the past and the present?

​"Presenters get 20 slides, which automatically advance every 15 seconds. The result is a fast and fun presentation which lasts just 5 minutes."

The above is the Ignite presentation format, and you will use Night, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, or The Book Thief as a springboard to speak your voice.

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First, let's take a look at a couple Ignite presentations:

1. "Refugees Have Funny Stories Too" by Tarek Said

2. "Vaccinate!" by Nina Martin

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Get the final project details here!

This article offers some great advice on how to go about planning an Ignite speech. (It is catered to PowerPoint, but you can easily adapt its ideas to use with Google Slides.)