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Review Of Elie Wiesel's Night

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My picture book lesson that developed as a result of this class discussion was presented to a ninth grade college-prep level class at Bishop Hendricken High School. Hendricken is an all-male Catholic high school, and this particular class has thirty students. Although there is not a great deal of diversity at Hendricken (about 90% Caucasian students), this class is fairly diverse. There are four African-American students, seven Hispanic-American students, one Japanese-American student, one Syrian-American student, and one Indian-American student in the class. Most students’ literacy skills are at or above reading level, but there are three students with 504 plans (each with ADD) and one other student with dyslexia. The class has been reading Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, and based on a survey of the students most have had limited experience studying the Holocaust. …show more content…

I had initially expected students to have had more experience studying this time period and to have a basic idea of what life was like in the ghettos and concentration camps, but through class discussions it became clear that most had not had opportunities to learn about these in great depth. This particular lesson’s intent was to “fill in” some of the details Wiesel alludes to early in his memoir, including his experiences in ghettos and selection in

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