The Devil’s Arithmeticby Jane Yolen

Gathering Background Information

Assignment One

The Task part 1

1. Research your topic using the following links. On your own paper complete the KWL chart before and after you complete your research.

2. Create a collage using facts, pictures, charts,… you collected about your topic. Feel free to add handwriting, drawings, etc. Insert these pictures into your web.

Click here for a sample collage3. On the back of your collage, write a paragraph

summarizing the information you learned about your assigned topic.

The Story

You are going to read about a modern twelve-year old girl who time travels to a Polish village during the 1940’s era to experience first-hand what her family has been through. This is both realistic and historical fiction ( the events in the novel could have taken place, but the events are fictional). Before you read The Devil’s Arithmetic, you should have some background information about some things mentioned in the story.

Topics – Click on the link below to access the information needed to research your topic. (Don’t google it-use these!!!) Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5 Topic 6

Fact #5

Fact #4 Fact #3

Fact #2

Fact #1

Main Idea

TOPIC 1 - The Jews

Multimedia presentation of the JewsPlaces – be sure to explore the links on the bottom

of this linkPeople --be sure to explore the links on the bottom

of this linkOrganizations – be sure to explore the links on the

bottom of this linkGeneral Information – be sure to explore the links

on the bottom of this link

TOPIC TWO- Jewish CustomsJewish Customs of Passover Today

The Four QuestionsFour Cups Matzah

TOPIC THREE-The NazisThe Nazis Multimedia Presentation Places – be sure to explore the links on

the bottom of this linkPeople – be sure to explore the links on

the bottom of this linkOrganizations – be sure to explore the

links on the bottom of this linkTopics – be sure to explore the links on

the bottom of this link

TOPIC FOUR _ Antisemitism and The Final SolutionAntisemitism Multimedia Presentation – be sure

to explore the links on the bottom of this linkPlaces – be sure to explore the links on the

bottom of this linkPeople – be sure to explore the links on the

bottom of this linkOrganizations – be sure to explore the links on

the bottom of this linkGeneral Topics – be sure to explore the links on

the bottom of this link

TOPIC FIVE -Resistance and RescueResistance and Rescue Multimedia – be

sure to explore the links on the bottom of this link

Places – be sure to explore the links on the bottom of this link

People – be sure to explore the links on the bottom of this link

Organizations – be sure to explore the links on the bottom of this link

Topics – be sure to explore the links on the bottom of this link

Topic SIX- After the WarAfter the War Multimedia – be sure to

explore the links on the bottom of this linkPlaces– be sure to explore the links on the

bottom of this linkPeople – be sure to explore the links on the

bottom of this linkOrganizations– be sure to explore the links

on the bottom of this linkGeneral Topics– be sure to explore the

links on the bottom of this link

Some Additional Links for help with Collage Holocaust links (many of these can be used for most topics) http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761559508 http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/Index.html http://www.remember.org/ http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/ Jewish Customs http://www.jbuff.com/passover_seder_guide.htm http://judaism.miningco.com/library/holidays/passover/bl_passover.htm Jewish/Yiddish language http://www.jewish.co.uk/glossary.php3 http://www.pass.to/glossary/Default.htm http://www.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?lang=15 Hitler http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/ http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761556540 Rise of Nazi Party http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/nazirise.htm http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/tour/trnazeng.html Anti-Semitism http://www.cdn-friends-icej.ca/antiholo/defantis.html

The Task part 2

You’ve completed your Web, your collage and your paragraph

Prepare to present information to your assigned group. (1 person from each topic to share with others)

Complete preparation guide Present to group Group to compose a summary of info to be

turned in