Context+Research+Task

Class Task - Due Tuesday Week 4

1. Research the following terms and write a short explanation for each: a. Fuhrer b. Anti-Semitism c. Swastika d. Warsaw e. Auschwitz f. The Exodus g. Gestapo h. Ghetto i. Hitler Youth j. Nuremberg Laws k. Resistance l. Concentration Camp 2. Research the following symbols and answer the following:NOTE I COULD NOT INCLUDE THE IMAGES - SO YOU ARE INVESTIGATING THE SWASTIKA AND STAR OF DAVID a. What is this symbol called? b. What did this symbol represent before WWII? c. What did it represent during the war?

3. Read about “The Final Solution” ([] ) 4. Using the “Final Solution” or any sites about the Holocaust, answer the following questions: a. What factors contributed to the holocaust? b. What were Hitler’s motives? c. Who were his victims? d. How many people were murdered? 5. Why is researching the context of this novel, important? How does it affect your understanding of Boyne’s purpose? 6. TASK – Setting – there are clues early in the novel that tells us about the context, the time/place and cultural /social setting [WWII, Nazi Germany, Concentration Camps) a. Look at pages 20,25, 26, 28, 30 and identify quotes that help the reader understand the novel is set in WWII and that they are moving to a concentration camp.  b. Set it up by
 * Quote || What it reveals. ||

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