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Mr. Bellinger, Ms. Cash, Ms. Cruz, and Ms. Nordwall are your guides on the side.
 * Welcome to 11th grade Literature's unit on **
 * The Holocaust in Lois Lowry's novel //The Giver//. **

During the next few weeks, we'll be exploring a period in history that impacted women, children, and entire nations. The impact that one man—Adolph Hitler—had on the world is still being felt today. Lois Lowry is just one author for whom the stories from this time in history created a deeper perspective of the world.

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 As we discussed in class, any time you see a link (like the hyperlinks above) that is an indication of a resource that will provide answers to the online inquiry and assessment (which we'll discover in just a bit). Take your time to absorb this information: the schedule below is a rough estimate of the progress we will make on this unit as a class. Your guides on the side will be monitoring each Skype group in order to adjust the pace of the content to your needs and interests. //Remember that we also discussed in class that you will be paired with another group of students from a corresponding Social Studies class.// Days One-Three: Read the articles above and with your Skype group comment on what surprised you, what you need clarification on, and what you would like to know more about. Your instructors will be checking on your progress and periodically available to direct questions or add new thoughts. Day Four: When you have read and re-read the articles above, continue your learning by reflecting on these questions and activities. Feel free to refer back to the articles above (**this is an "open computer" assessment** designed for you to discover what you know and what you want to investigate further). Days Five-Six: consider the information in this article by Philip Zambardo. Look at the examples of Nazi propaganda cartoons and photographs. Combining what you learn from the text in the article with what you observe in the images, discuss in your Skype groups (either in writing or through video) how you might craft captions for the images such as you might see on a online news site or in a newspaper. Day Seven: With your Skype group, collaborate on creating a video that show your group's journey through this material. Did you end up discussing //The Giver// predominately? Did you focus on the Holocaust information and narratives? Did your personal connections with the text, the world, and your life play the larger role in your discussions? Your final product can be a collection of images and text, video clips of your group members addressing their thoughts to the rest of the class, or a combination of both. The video will be uploaded to the class website. It should be between four and seven minutes. Final In-class Project

In groups of 4, you and your teammates will create a Nazi War poster. You may use the above as ideas, or search online for more ideas. Be creative. Remember that war propaganda is more than tanks and enemies, it also involves everyone at home. You could do a Hitler Youth poster, or something to do with how the women in the Third Reich were helping the war effort. This should take one class period, and we will present our posters and our ideas behind them when the class is done.