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Monday, October 4, 2010

FPP questions/vocab for chapter 3

This is a list of vocabulary terms and questions that could be used while teaching this story

Vocab:
-whooping cough
-synagogues
-expulsion
-Torah
-Buchenwald --> students can research more about this camp
-Dachau --> students can reseach more about this camp
-expiation
-trousseau

questions:

-Why were Mr. Dannenberg and the Blumenthals worried after Ernst vom Rath was shot?
-How random were the "random" acts of violence against the jews?
-Do you think it is ironic that Walter could be arrested for having a gun that he used to once defend his own country?
-Why do you think the Gestapo were only taking men during the time Mr. Blumenthal was taken?
-Would you, like Mrs. Blumenthal, go to the Gestapo to find out about your husband?
-Do you think Mr. Blumenthal will be "released shortly" like the Gestapo told Mrs. Blumental?
-What do you think the Gestapo meant by "correctly treated?"
-What do you think of the Goverment charging the jews for the damage of Kristallnacht?
-Would it be hard for you to leave everything you worked hard for behind?
-Will the Blumenthals be safe in Holland?

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