10 Honors: Finish work on your research paper! The satire portion of hte
paper will be due the following week. We are also continuing the process of
creating a Hero's Journey/ Romantic story. Keep those creative juices flowing.
9 Standard: every night you should spend time working on the research for
your paper. Are you doing this? Even 15 minutes per night will make your
lives much easier. Don't forget to write down where you got the
information/quotes. For those of you who have lost or misplaced your reseach
packet, here it is again:
Holocaust Research Project
You will complete a research project to enhance your knowledge of the
novel, Night and the Holocaust. Listed below are the topics for research.
Read through them carefully and decide which topic seems the most appealing
to you.
TOPICS and QUESTIONS to Guide Your Search
The questions under the topics are here to guide your research and help you
focus on your topic. The questions are not the only details you should
include in your research.
1. Propaganda during the Holocaust:
• Define the word “propaganda.”
• What is it used for?
• How did the Nazis use propaganda against the Jews?
• How were the following ideas used as propaganda by the Nazis? music,
posters, newspapers, radio, children’s games/books, theater, movies,
education - textbooks, the classroom
• Include other specific details that you find.
• Use specific details to enhance your research.
• Three images to reinforce your topic - document the sources
2. Children in the Holocaust:
• What happened to Jewish children during this time period - Were all
Jewish children killed? What happened to those that were not killed? Which
children were chosen to die and why?
• Research the Children of Terezin as part of this section
• You may use Elie Wiesel and his book Night as part of your research
for this section.
• You may use the film Daniel’s Story and the film The Biography of
Anne Frank as part of your research for this section.
• Research the Kindertransport (www.onethousandchildren.org) as part of
this section.
• Use specific details to enhance your research.
• Three images to reinforce your topic - document the sources
3. The Ghettos:
• What were ghettos used for by the Nazis in World War II?
• Who were forced to live there?
• Describe the physical features of ghettos. Be specific
• Research the Warsaw Ghetto as an example of a ghetto.
• Use specific details to enhance your research
• Three images to reinforce your topic - document the source
4. Concentration Camps
• Why were concentration camps created by the Nazis?
• What was daily life like in the concentration camps?
• Who liberated the camps? What was the reaction of those who
liberated the camps?
• You may use Elie Wiesel and his book Night as part of your research
for this section.
• Why are concentration camps still standing today? See Oprah’s
interview with Elie Wiesel.
• Use specific details to enhance your research.
• Three images to reinforce your topic - document the sources
5. Adolph Hitler’s Nazi rule during World War II:
• Research his family life and childhood so you can gain an accurate
picture of who this man was.
• How did he become the leader of the Nazi party? What was his
leadership like? Note his use of propaganda skills.
• How was he viewed by the rest of the world?
• How was he eventually defeated?
• Use specific details to enhance your research.
• Three images to reinforce your topic - document the sources
6. Holocaust Survivors:
• Research three survivors who have shared their experiences with the
world. Do not include Elie Wiesel.
• How were the survivors liberated?
• What happened to them after they were liberated?
• How did they live out the rest of their lives?
• What was the attitude of the rest of the world to the survivors after
the war ended?
• Who helped them? Why?
• Who refused to help them? Why?
• Use specific details to enhance your research.
• Three images to reinforce your topic - document the sources
7. Opposition to the Holocaust/Heroes - “Righteous Among the Nations”- an
award given by Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives or in the case of
diplomats, their careers, to help Jews during the Holocaust
How did three of the following people oppose the Holocaust? Use the
questions below these names for your research.
• Raoul Wallenberg (Swedish)
• Oskar Schlindler (factory owner)
• King Christian X of Denmark and the Danish citizens (Number the Stars)
• Miep Gies (Anne Frank)
• Hannah Sensesh (Szenes)
• Father Jacques de Jesus (France)
• Irena Sendler (Warsaw Ghetto)
• Norbert Wollheim (Kindertransport)
• What did they do to oppose the Holocaust?
• Whom did they save? Use specific details.
• How did they save them?
• What happened to these heroes after the war was over? Use specific
details
• Include a paragraph about their background
• Use specific details to enhance your research.
• Three images to reinforce your topic - document the sources
HOLOCAUST RESEARCH
In order to complete this assignment, you will need to thoroughly and
carefully research one of the topics above or an approved topic of your
choice. You will also learn methods to write research based on MLA format.
(See below) There will be several steps to the research process, and it will
be imperative that you are present in class, taking notes, and keeping all
information close at hand in order to be successful.
Requirements for the research assignment
Use at least four sources. Only 3 may be Internet Sites. DO NOT USE
WIKIPEDIA.
An excellent site would be The United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum (ushmm.org)
Howard High School Media Center also h as appropriate sites.
Complete Works Cited page including all sources for both written
section and images.
One 3-4 page paper
Include page numbers centered at the bottom.
NASAQAC
Use the computer
Use your English Writing Manual to check your work!!
We will be completing the research in a workshop manner, focusing on
different elements of research in class. It will be essential that you have
your Writing Manual, writing handouts, your notes, and any other materials
necessary for completion of the paper with you every day in class.
Research Paper Assignment
Directions: Each student must write a 4 page (minimum), typed research paper
on one of the topics above.
Research Paper Format: See the English Style Manual
for further details
• It should be double-spaced, use 12 point font, and be written in
Times New Roman font
• Use left justification
• It should use proper indentations
• It should be written in MLA format - see the Writing Manual
o Your name, my name, period, date in upper left hand corner of first
page
o Title is centered above the text on the first page
o It should have an underlined thesis statement in the introductory
paragraph
o It should have parenthetical citations in the body of the paper
o It should have a works cited page (those resources you actually cited
in the body of your paper) using at least 4 sources that include at least
two or more books or encyclopedia reference
three of the four may be web sites
o It should have proper page numbering according to the MLA manual of
style.
Research Paper Content:
• The introductory paragraph should do the following:
o Catch the reader’s attention using a question, an interesting fact,
or a short anecdote
o Explain the above question, fact, or anecdote and introduce your topic
o Include your thesis statement which must be underlined and your main
points
• The body of your research paper should contain the main points that
support your thesis; each main point should have some sort of evidence to
support it (i.e., it shouldn’t just be your opinion but must be supported by
facts, statistics, research studies, or expert opinions). These facts must
be documented with parenthetical documentation.
• A conclusion in which you do the following:
o summarize the thesis and the main points of your argument
o end your research paper with a bold general statement in your
concluding paragraph
o you should not give any new facts or evidence in your conclusion
MLA (Modern Language Association) Documentation
Parenthetical Documentation and Works Cited Page
See your Writing Manual and Style Guide for more information
Instead of footnotes to show where information in your research was
found, use parenthetical documentation. They are much easier to use. At the
end of your answers, write the author’s name or passage title and page number
from the Night Research Packet in parenthesis as shown below. The
information you will need is found at the end of the source.
The detailed information about the source will be in the Works Cited
page that you include at the end of the research paper.
Examples of Parenthetical Documentation
A young Jewish boy discovered the Kingdom of Memory (Wiesel 21).
author page #
The first concentration camp, Dachau, opened in June of 1933 as a
work camp (Rescuers 32).
passage title page #
Everyone has the right to participate in the cultural life of the
community, to enjoy the arts, and to share in scientific advancement
and its benefit (Universal Declaration of Rights).
title
Works Cited - a separate sheet of paper
The Works Cited entries (a separate page at the end of your research)
have three main divisions, each followed by a period, including one at the
end of each entry. These are the sources you used in your research. If you
don’t have the author’s name, use the title to alphabetize the entry.
the author’s name - last name first for alphabetizing
the title
the publication data
Examples are in alphabetical order. (Don’t use “the” to alphabetize
your entries.) Note the punctuation between the divisions. See
NoodleBib.com or EasyBib.com for further details.
Works Cited
Anti-Defamation League. 2004.
The History Place: Genocide in the 20th Century, 1999.
Schuman, Michael. Elie Wiesel: Voice From the Holocaust.Enslow
Publishers, Inc., 1994.
Wiesel, Elie. www.eliewieselfoundation.org.
Model Research Details
Title is centered above the first paragraph
Introductory paragraph with underlined thesis statement
The History and Production of Chocolate
Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, classified more than 4,400
species of animals and 7,700 species of plants (Jones 45). In 1753, he named
the cacao tree Theobroma cacao. “Theobroma” in Greek means “food of the
gods” (Presilla 15). From the pods of this rain forest tree come cacao
beans, the raw material of chocolate. Chocolate has a long history as a
highly prized food.
Samples of parenthetical documentation used in this paper about chocolate -
If there is no page number, use the author’s name or the article’s title.
More than three thousand years ago, the Olmec People grew cacao trees in the
tropical forests of the Amazon River valley and in the foothills of the Andes
(Presilla 10).
Chocolate was used in religious ceremonies and was considered so important
that only kings, nobles, priests, and warriors were allowed to drink it
(McFadden 14-15).
Can you imagine a bitter, gritty chocolate drink flavored with hot chili
peppers and topped with foam? That is how the Maya consumed chocolate (“All
About Chocolate”).
Also “chocolate was generally marked to the masses rather than the elite (as
in Europe), with emphasis on wholesomeness rather than sophistication” (Jones
23).
The paste is conched (gently stirred in big machines) and tempered (slowly
cooled) to increase flavor and smoothness (Jones 13-14).
Conclusion - the concluding paragraph
The next time you bite into a chocolate bar or drink a steaming mix
of cocoa, stop to think about the long history of chocolate. Think about
the people who work to grow and process cacao beans and the things we still
have to learn about this delicious food. Chocolate has had a long and varied
history throughout the world and is still as popular as it was thousands of
years ago.
Works Cited
(a separate page at the end of your research)
“All About Chocolate: History of Chocolate.” Chocolate: The Exhibition.
2007. The Field Museum. 3 Nov. 2007.
.
Jones, Carol. From Farm to You: Chocolate. Philadelphia: Chelsea House,
2005.
Linneaeus, Carolus.” The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2005.
McFadden, Christine. Chocolate: Cooking with the World’s Best Ingredient.
London: Hermes House, 2005.
