When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy who lives on the other side of the fence, where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Watch The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and reflect on what you know about World War II. There are many topics in The Book Thief which call for the reader to have background knowledge of this period in our global history.
Blog #1 (due 8/31):
Listed below are topics related to World War II. Pick one that you are the least familiar with and search for it online. After you have done some reading on your selected topic, write 250 words about how this changes your understanding of what was happening in Europe during World War II.
Topics:
- Adolph Hitler
- Allied bombing of Munich
- Concentration and Death Camp
- Death Marches
- Effects of WWII on the German people
- Ghettos
- Hitler Youth
- Kristallnacht
- Mein Kampf
- Napolas
- Nazi party
- Nuremberg Laws
- Persecution of the Jewish people/The Holocaust
- United German Girls
- You may also pick a topic from the Holocaust Glossary provided by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology
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