Night+by+Elie+Wiesel

=//** Night **//** by Elie Wiesel **=
 * WEBQUEST **

==** Directions: Use the computers in class to search the websites hyper linked below in order to answer the questions. All answers should be written in your hardbound composition book in complete, framed responses. **==

** Example of a complete, framed response for number 1: Elie Wiesel was born in___ (place) in__ __(year).__ **
=**This task should be completed in class. You and your group members should split up the assignment and share responses. You all must have all responses in your personal hardbound composition book. Any incomplete work should be completed at home or during ACP using the library computers. Please see me if you need to obtain a pass to the library for ACP .**=

Background for Night and the Holocaust Topic I: About the Author

__Elie Wiesel Foundation__
 * __ 1. Where was Elie born? In what year? __**
 * __ 2. What happened to him at the age of fifteen? __**
 * __ 3. Elie received an appointment from President Jimmy Carter. For what was that? __**
 * __ 4. Where does Elie live now? __**
 * __ 5. What great honor did he receive in 1986? __**

Topic II: The Final Solution


 * __**United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Final Solution" Overview** __**
 * __ 6. Nazis coined the term "The Final Solution." To what does this term refer? Why did they use this language? 7. What were some of the stages implemented as part of "The Final Solution?" 8. What was the intended purpose of these state-sponsored programs? __**
 * __**United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Ghettos**__**
 * __ 9. How were ghettos used just before and during WWII? __**
 * __ 10. Where were the first ghettos set up? __**
 * __ 11. How many ghettos were established? __**
 * __ 12. Why did the Nazis initially set up ghettos? __**
 * __ 13. What happened with the ghettos after the implementation of the "Final Solution" in 1941? __**

Topic III: Concentration Camps and Auschwitz
 * __ **United States Holocaust Museum: Auschwitz** __**
 * __ **Holocaust Research Project: Auschwitz** __**
 * __ 14. Where was (and still is) Auschwitz located? __**
 * __ 15. What was Auschwitz? __**
 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 16. How many people were killed there? __**
 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 17. What were some of the things that first happened to people arrived at the camps? __**
 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 18. What was everyday life like there in terms of clothing, food, and the bathrooms? __**


 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Gassing Operations** __**
 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 19. What were gas chambers? __**
 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 20. Why did the Nazis begin using gas chambers instead of mobile killing units and shooting squads after a while? __**
 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 21. What did the Nazi SS guards pretend the gas chambers were? __**
 * __<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 22. At the height of its operation, how many people were gassed daily at Auschwitz? __**

Topic IV: Doctor Mengele's Experiments
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Dr. Mengele- The Angel of Death** __**
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 23. For what is Dr. Mengele famous? What was his role at Auschwitz? __**
 * __ 24. On whom did Dr. Mengele primarily perform experiments? How did he rationalize these experiements on these people? __**
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 25. While Dr. Mengele's experiments were unimaginably cruel, some scientific discovery came out of them that we still use today (pressurized airplanes, dental procedures, etc). Some have argued that Dr. Mengele should be given credit for these discoveries. Others argue that he should receive no credit since the nature of his experiments was so brutal. What do you think and why do you feel this way? __**

Topic V: Assassination Attempts on "Der Fuhrer"__
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Article-Eight Most Notable Attempts to Kill Hitler** **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">26. What are your thoughts after reading through the article? **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">27. What trends or similarities about the many attempts? **

Evaluation**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 pts per question answered in correctly framed, complete responses/ 54pts + 1pt neatness= 55pts
source: http://webquestnight.blogspot.com/2011/02/webquest-for-night.html