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PARALLEL JOURNEYSThe timeline section below focuses on the history of the Holocaust, chronicling the years from 1918 to the present. Hitler’s rise to power was the initiation of a period that wrought great fear and destruction. Millions were forced to live in ghettos, only to be deported later to the concentration camps. The tragic details remained obscure until the liberation of the death camps and the further revelations during the Nuremberg War Trials. The subsections below offer a simplified outline for thinking about how the Holocaust unfolded. However, it should be kept in mind that many of the categories overlap.Rise of the Nazi Party (1918-1933). During the fourteen years following the end of World War I, the Nazi party grew from a small political group to the most powerful party in Germany.Nazification (1933-1939). Once Hitler became Chancellor and later Reichsführer, the Nazi party quickly changed Germany’s political, social, and economic structure.The Ghettos (1939-1941). Confining Jews to ghettos was another critical step in Hitler’s Final Solution.The Camps (1941-1942). The concentration camps were Hitler’s final step in the annihilation of the Jews.Resistance (1942-1944). People resisted by any means possible, from stealing a slice of bread to sabotaging Nazi installations.Rescue and Liberation (1944-1945). Some survived through the heroics of neighbors; others were liberated by the Allies.Aftermath (1945-present). After the war, Nazi perpetrators faced punishment for their war crimes and survivors began rebuilding their lives.In Parallel Journeys, Eleanor Ayer tells the true story of two very different people who lived through World War II. Helen Waterford was already a young woman, married with a child, when she went into hiding inAmsterdam because she was Jewish. Alfons Heck was just a boy when the war began. By the war’s end, he was a high-ranking officer in the Hitler Youth.?As you read Parallel Journeys, think about these essential questions – What is a holocaustHow could the Holocaust happen?Why and how were the victims chosen?Was there resistance?Why should we remember?Could a holocaust happen here?Group WorkPARALLEL JOURNEYS Chapter QuestionsChapter 1? 2????? 3????? 4??? 5?? HYPERLINK "" \l "gid=0" 6????? 7????? 8????? 9????? 10???? 11???? 12???? 13???? 14???? 15???? 16???? 17???? 18???? 19???? 20???? 21???? 22???? work:Parallel Journeys – Journal EntriesDirections –?Read the passage from the book.? Write your reaction to the book’s passage and respond personally to the concept. ?Your responses should include details from the book and details from your own life where appropriate. ?Each response should be about a paragraph or two in length.? This is not something you should leave until the last minute as I will expect detailed responses that show thought about the prompt and specific description about a personal event.??These should be typed and double spaced and follow the Standards for Written Work.? They will be due two days after our completion of the book in class.? You do not have to use a separate page for each entry.Entry #1??Chapter 1 – page 3?“The treaty that ended the war, the Treaty of?Versailles, imposed very harsh terms onGermany?and its people.? One of the rules of this treaty was that the Germans could not rebuild their army and navy.? ……. No longer were bands allowed to play the march music the Germans loved so much.”?How do you think the Germans felt about the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?? Think about a time when your rights were infringed upon.? What was it?? Explain how you felt. How does that experience compare with the Germans’?Entry #2??Chapter 4 – page 30?“For many Jews, the hardest thing to bear was the fact that their own neighbors were the ones who were torturing them.”?Why was this so hard for the Jews to bear?? How were the Jews feeling?? Think about a time when a friend did not stand up for you?? ?Explain what happened and how you felt.?Entry #3??Chapter 5 – page 36?“From our very first day in the?Jungvolk, we accepted it as a natural law that a leader’s orders must be obeyed without questions, even if they appeared foolish or harsh.”???Why were the German youth so willing to follow orders they knew were foolish or harsh?? Think about a time when you followed someone’s lead, even when you knew it was the wrong thing to do.Entry #4??Chapter 7 – page 53?“I never did say goodbye to Frau Ermann, and I was relieved I didn’t have to.”?Why did Alfons feel this way?? Think of a time when you got out of doing something you didn’t want to.? Did you regret it later?? Explain your feelings.Entry #5Chapter 10 – page 84?“There we said goodbye as casually as possible and gave these strangers our child.”??Chapter 12 – page 98?“When I (Helen) told Mrs. Safir of our decision to give up?Doris, her reaction was quite upsetting. ‘What kind of mother are you,’ she screamed in outrage, ‘to separate yourself from your child.’???For months those words haunted Siegfried and me.”?Imagine you are Helen and Siegfried.? Do you think they made the right choice to send Doris away?? Why or why not?Entry #6Chapter 14 – page 129?“By staying invisible, by being nothing more than the number tattooed on your forearm, you stood a chance of living longer.”?Why is this passage so important?? What does this passage mean to you? Was there ever a time when you tried to stay out of sight to avoid doing something or seeing someone?Entry #7?Chapter 16 – page 145?“Quickly the prisoners learned that they had more to fear from each other than from the Germans.”Chapter 19 – page 178?By informing on their neighbors, they hoped to win the favor of their American captors.Why are these passages so important?? What does this tell you about human nature?? What do these passages mean to you?Entry #8?Chapter 20 – page 189?“How do you love a parent who left you behind, one who has been physically and mentally destroyed, a parent who has no money, no food, no home for you?”?Imagine you are a child left behind by your parents.? How do you feel upon their return?FINAL PROJECTHolocaust MemorialThe Holocaust Memorial Project will be completed following our study of Eleanor Ayer’s book “Parallel Journeys,” and our study of some of the art, poetry, and diary entries of the Holocaust. ?These studies and our discussions, along with student research of other memorials, and information from our visit to the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC should be incorporated and be apparent in the finished projects.You will work as a member of a group on a Memorial to the Holocaust. ?Your project will include a scale model, accompanied by a portfolio describing the components of your design.The actual memorial would be about the size of one or two SOTI classrooms, and will be constructed in a file storage box. I will purchase these for convenience sake and ask that the students refund me for the cost. The memorial may be an indoor or outdoor memorial, but if outdoors, that should be taken into account when choosing the materials.In addition to a scale model of the memorial students will submit a portfolio detailing the following:Materials that would be used in the memorial (the actual memorial rather than the scale model) and why those materials were chosen.The components included in the memorial (poetry, art work etc if not clear in the model should be shown in the portfolio) and why they were included.The effect the students are hoping to achieve.Are they hoping that this memorial will be an educational one, are they hoping to elicit an emotional response etc., or both, and how have they achieved this?This project will be completed in school.Students will work in groups.Individual responsibilities must be detailed in the portfolio.With the exception of the box, the students will be expected to bring in materials from home for their projecRUBRICName ________________________________________________ HR ______ Grade for project: C _______ G _______ P_______ P _______Total: ____/100Concept 50Plan has appeal to a variety of visitors, Plan utilizes ideas taken from a variety of sources (museum visit, parallel journeys book, internet research, including observation and consideration ?of photos of existing memorials, use of artwork/writings)Plan meets definition of a memorial as discussed and noted at the introduction of this project.Plan shows attention to detail including use of a variety of mediaPlan makes optimal use of space and shows creative use of the space?Group interaction 10Group is working together, considering each other’s opinions and utilizing time and materials effectively.??Presentation 20Final project shows effort and is neat and carefully constructed.? It is to scale and includes a portfolio with detailed illustrations, descriptions of the individual componentsProject is reasonably easy to movePortfolio 20No significant grammatical or spelling errorsProvides details of components if necessaryIncludes information about the materials used in the actual memorialExplains purpose of all facetsExplains intended effect on visitors to memorialPLEASE NOTE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL’S GRADE MAY VARY FROM THAT OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION AND RESPONSIBILITY.RESOURCES ................
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