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Night
 
Some interesting websites and information are posted on the below websites.
 
The modern world is still living with the consequences of World War 2, the most titanic conflict in history. Just under 69 years ago on September 1st 1939, Germany invaded Poland without warning sparking the start of World War Two. By the evening of September 3rd, Britain and France were at war with Germany and within a week, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa had also joined the war. The world had been plunged into its second world war in 25 years. Six long and bloody years of total war, fought over many thousand of square kilometres followed. From the Hedgerows of Normandy to the streets of Stalingrad, the icy mountains of Norway to the sweltering deserts of Libya, the insect infested jungles of Burma to the coral reefed islands of the pacific. On land, sea and in the air, Poles fought Germans, Italians fought Americans and Japanese fought Australians in a conflict which was finally settled with the use of nuclear weapons. World War 2 involved every major world power in a war for global domination and at its end, more than 60 million people had lost their lives and most of Europe and large parts of Asia lay in ruins.
http://www.worldwar-2.net/
TIMELINE of Elie Wiesel life

1928--born in Sighet, Romania 1944--deported to Auschwitz Jan.1945--father dies in Buchenwald Apr.1945--liberated from concentration camp 1948--moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne 1948--work in journalism begins 1954--decides to write about the Holocaust 1956--hit by a car in New York 1958--Night is published 1963--receives U.S. citizenship 1964--returned to Sighet 1965--first trip to Russia 1966--publishes Jews of Silence 1969--married Marion Rose 1972--son is born 1978--appointed chair of Presidential Commission on the Holocaust 1980--Commission renamed U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council 1985--awarded Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement 1986--awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1995--publishes memoirs http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/ELIEBIO.HTM

WWII

9-22  we met this students and read our I Am Poems to them.  I am reading Night, because none of the students wanted to read The Prince of the Pond.  We are going to meet next Monday and go over some key events of WWII.
 
9-29  today we met at Tibbetts and actually got in our group.  We have five extrodinary students.  It was quiet and awkard even for us.  We are total strangers coming into their space.  We gave them the background to WWII, and we started reading.  It was nice to get a feel for them and their reading. 
In our UNM group we are going to bring snacks every Monday, and see if this warms them up alittle.  We are very excited to be involved with this project.
 
10-6  Today was so much better!  We took the students outside to converse.  Valerie brought cookies and they ate the whole pack, Awesome!  We started out by having them read their prompt, which was about bullying.  I felt that they did respond and next we discussed what they thought of the book so far.  The conversation wasn't deep, and it was kinda awkward silence, but the students did bring some insight into the book and they had questions.  We read the book and discussed some crucial parts.
We have decided to have them journal at the end of the reading for ten minutes.  Elise is bringing snack next week and I am taking post-it notes for the students so they can mark any questions.  It was much better today!
 
10-13  So today we had three students, they really opened up and let us know about what they thought of the book and we had them journal on their computer.  They did awesome and everybody shared.  Didn't really seem that they used their post-it notes, so maybe a waste of time.  Or they don't really know what they are used for.  For next week we are having them read and sketch something about the book.
 
10-20  Well nobody sketeched except for us.  And only one student made it to our stopping point.  They were very quiet and no one had any extra imput.  We were thinking of seperating the boys and girls, but instead our final decision was that Devin would read the book aloud and if we came to a interesting fact or line we could stop and reflect.  We are also going to keep the journals going.  We asked them to sketch again this week and read to page 66.  It kind of felt like we took a step backwards this week???
 
10-27  A few more students had sketches today, I think only one did not have it.  They showed there picture but they did not want to share anything.  We read around the circle and finished a whole chapter, there was hardly any discussion.  At the end of the hour, we assigned reading and asked if they would sketch again for next week.  It was a tough hour, I wish they would open up and discuss something, anything!
 
11-3  My son split his chin open and I had to take him to ICC so I was unable to go to class today.  Elise filled me in, stating that the students didn't have there sketches no one wanted to talk, and they read.
 
11-10  Today was a very good meeting, we kept the silence going, if we ask a question and no one answers it is awkward, but it is a good awkward silience, and eventually someone will perk up and answer the quesiton or add some insight into the conversation.
 
11-17  Today we discussed the book, I am so glad that we are not reading during our time with the students.  It was so boring to just read, and we were not getting any information from the students.  We used our little key chains to keep the discussions going.
 
11-24  Oh my, it is time for a break, the students were really quiet today, and just bored it seemed.  You could tell they were just as tired as we were.  Today we used the encyclopedia to look up Hitler and we actually learned a lot about him.  I thought that this was a great experience for them.  Some children just don't know the resources that they have right in front of them.
 
12-1  Today we had our last meeting with the Tibbetts students,  It was very laid back and fun.  The students were talking and we visited and had snacks.  We all took out a piece of paper and wrote a comment or a question and then we passed it to the next person, we continued it until everyone had gotten their orignal one back.  I really enjoyed this but the boys were very personal and indepth with this activity.  they just wrote that was cool.  I can't wait to try a literature circle in my classroom.

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