Task: There are five sections in the menu bar (sections III, IV, and V are under the “more” tab), and each section requires you to explore various topics related to the Jewish Holocaust. You will be given a selection of websites related to these issues from which to choose.

Process: Explore these sites for information about the themes or concepts that Elie Wiesel discusses in Night. You will be responsible for handing in your answers to the questions that accompany each topic.

Rules: There are a total of 27 questions in sections 1-6. You will need to complete 20 of the questions, and you must answer at least two questions from each of the six sections. The first three sections will be published on Monday. The final three sections will be done later this week.

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Section One: About The Author

• Visit the Following Website: The Elie Wiesel Foundation
• Questions:
  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?

Section Two: The Final Solution Part One

• Visit the Following Website: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: “Final Solution” Overview 
• Questions:
  1. Nazis coined the term “The Final Solution.” To what does this term refer?
     Why did they use this language?
  2. What were some of the stages implemented as part of “The Final Solution?”
  3. What was the intended purpose of these state-sponsored programs?

Section Three: The Final Solution Part Two

• Visit the Following Website: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Ghettos
• Questions:
  1. How were ghettos used just before and during WWII?
  2. Where were the first ghettos set up?
  3. How many ghettos were established?
  4. Why did the Nazis initially set up ghettos?
  5. What happened with the ghettos after the implementation of the “Final Solution” in 1941?