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| The horrific sight of bulldozers plowing thousands of
limp, dead bodies into a ditch. The overpowering stench of burning
flesh radiating from the fiery furnaces. The sooty flakes of incinerated
children and grandparents falling from the sky like dirty gray snow, smothering
the life below.
These are the images of the Holocaust that cannot be forgotten. Your job is to assure that your friends don't forget. Since you just finished reading about these images in Elie Wiesel's Night, the National Holocaust Museum has put you in charge of their project to pass the images and lessons of the Holocaust on to today's youth. Because today's teens live in the interactive world of the Internet and the museum has heard about your outstanding creative writing ability, they want you to compose a poem and hyperlink its imagery as an interactive web page. This museum guide will show you how to do it. |
| Your specific assignment from the museum is to publish
a hyperlinked web page for your poem that includes imagery from Wiesel's
book and explains why the book is titled Night.
If you want to see how the museum will evaluate your hyperlinked poem, link to the rubric. |
The museum will lead you through a step-by-step process
that guides you through the multiple-day lessons about imagery, poem writing,
and creating a hyperlinked web page; just follow the "BACK" and "NEXT"
buttons on each page. The following are the lessons and links needed
for this activity:
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These resources are used throughout the web experience
and appear on the within the web of pages:
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| Congratulations! You have played an important role
in assuring that your friends and people your age won't forget the images
and lessons of the Holocaust. Hopefully this job also helped you
construct a deeper understanding of why Elie Wiesel chose to title his
book Night.
If you are interested in reading more Holocaust poetry, visit this site:
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| The museum will evaluate your hyperlinked poem according the criteria outlined on this rubric. |
| Examples of wonderful poems by Directed Level:
Examples of wonderful poems by Merit Level:
Examples of wonderful poems by HonorsLevel: |
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Go back to Mr. Baczkowski's class page | Last updated June
2004 |
Start with lesson 1 on imagery |  |
