Foxx English 12
Night and Holocaust Research Project 2009
You have been reading Elie Wiesel’s Night, which is
set during the Holocaust. In order to understand the Holocaust in a more
profound way, you
will research a topic relating to the Holocaust.
You will choose a topic, find resources, and take notes on this topic. You
will take notes on the Working Bibliography Sheets, using at least 2 sources
with at least 1 book. Notes should be handwritten and in your own words in
short phrases and bullets.
Next, organize your notes into an outline using the Outline Form. Your outline
should tell your Thesis/Claim, give at least three supporting points of Evidence,
and close with new Significance about your topic.
Finally, write your 3-page research paper from your outline and notes, using
parenthetical citations. You need to attach a Works Cited page to your report.
Dates:
Library Visit: Monday, November 2, 2009
Outline Check: (handwritten) Friday, November 13, 2009
3 page Research Paper due: Tuesday November 24, 2009
Your research paper will:
1. Answer basic facts about your topic and any background information needed:
answer such questions as: who, what, when, where, how, why.
2. What is your topic’s relationship to Night?
3. State your Claim, give Evidence, and Restate your Claim with new Significance.
Extra-Credit Holocaust Research Project Grading Rubric:
Everything due 11/24/09, stapled or in a folder
_____ 2 Working Bibliography Sheets, handwritten, with complete bibliography information (10 points)
_____ Outline, typed or handwritten, with Claim, 3 points of Supporting Evidence, Relationship to Night, and Conclusion (10 points)
_____ Cover Page, with title, your name, bell, and date (5 points)
_____ Paper, 3 pages, typed, double-spaced, 12 point font with parenthetical citations included (60 points)
_____ Works Cited page, MLA style, with at least 2 sources (1 a book) (15 points)
_____ Total out of 100 possible points
INTERNET SOURCES:
Student
Resource Center-Gold: articles on the Holocaust, as well as biographies.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cinc48953
user ID: cinc48953
World
Book Online:
Click “Grades 9-12”, World Book, and then search “Holocaust” for
a good historical article with information about the concentration camps, the
Final Solution, Resistance, Nuremberg Trials, and creation of Israel. (Note:
If you click on “Related Articles” at the top right of the page,
you will get links to biographies and other topics.)
http://www.infohio.org/
user name: think
password: infohio
Yad Vashem: the
Holocaust remembrance authority. Go to “Lexicon” for
a list of many topics.
http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/index.asp
U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum: Click on “History” for an Introduction
to the Holocaust and an Encyclopedia with lots of topics.
http://www.ushmm.org/
Holocaust History: The Holocaust History Project is an archive of documents,
photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including refutation
of Holocaust denial. Has information on Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka. Has
a Quick Facts section on the Holocaust. http://www.holocaust-history.org/
The Holocaust: a tragic legacy: pictures of the camps, background history from
1933-1945, and an interactive timeline.
http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
Cybrary
of the Holocaust: Pictures, artwork, witnesses stories, and timelines..
http://www.remember.org/