MAUS A SURVIVOR’S TALE

Mrs. Heinzer

SELFIE JOURNALThis photo was taken at Auschwitz, the most notorious WWII concentration camp.

Respond in your interactive notebook to her post on twitter. Is her post insensitive to the horrific events that took place here during WWII? Or is her post appropriate and harmless?10-15 sentences: You should include:A Topic Sentence, 3 details to support topic, and concluding sentence.

MAUS VOCABULARY• Genocide: mass murder of a specific group of people in a region• Holocaust: The event of 6 million jews that were murdered during wwII. The

genocide was conducted and lead by Adolf Hitler and nazi Germany.• Propaganda and Persuasion:• Ethos : appeal to ethics• Pathos: appeal to emotions• Logos: appeal to logic

PERSUASIONETHOS

“As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the

best results.”

PATHOS“If we don’t move

soon, we’re all going to die!”

LOGOSThe data is

perfectly clear: this investment has

consistently turned a profit.

VOCABULARY CONTINUED• Dehumanization: Treating a person below standard: like an animal, or

something that is less than human. • Allegory: an extended metaphor• Metaphor: comparing two unlike things• Symbols: objects that represent ideas• Imagery: word pictures: what you see, hear, taste, smell, and touch.• Humanity: the human race

VOCABULARY CONTINUED• Graphic Novel: a “comic book” style story with novel characteristics.• Frame narrative: a story within a story.• Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with

contrasting effect• Diagrams: descriptive pictures

LAST SLIDE FOR VOCABULARY • Survivor’s guilt:

feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.• Anti-Semitism: discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews.• Autobiography: a person telling his/her life story.• Biography: someone else telling a person’s life story.

ART SPIEGELMAN •Raised in New York.•His father depicts his tale of survival in his graphic

novel•Frame Narrative : Art is interviewing his father, and his

father begins to tell his story.

ANIMALS• An allegory of animals is a prominent symbol throughout the novel• Mice- Jews• Cats-Germans• Dogs- Americans• Pigs- Polish (prisoners)• Frogs- French• Gypsies- Moths

HOLOCAUST

• WWII Nazi Germany• Adolf Hitler’s Final Solution• dehumanization• Mass genocide, the worst the world has ever seen

HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION• YOU WILL CREATE THE FOLLOWING:• TYPED REPORT (1 PAGE)• ELECTRONIC POSTER (1 POWERPOINT SLIDE: COLLAGE)• SHORT, ORAL PRESENTATION• TWO (2) SOURCES; WORKS CITED

HOLOCAUST INVESTIGATION TOPICSNAZI PROPAGANDA

FINAL SOLUTIONANTI SEMITISM

TUSKEGEE AIRMENANNE FRANKHOLOCAUSTPRIMO LEVI

PEARL HARBORWOMEN IN WWII

LATINO AMERICANS WWIIP.O.W.S OF WWII

DISPLACEMENT OF SURVIVORS

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

NUREMBERG TRIALS

CONCENTRATION AND LABOR CAMPS

D DAYTIME LINE OF WWIIDECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

ELIE WIESELHOLOCAUST HOAX

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In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really

good at heart.ANNE FRANK