Reading Activities Flashcards
List people mentioned in the book and describe them
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how is the book organized? explain
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why is the book titled two voices? explain.
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why did sara, don, Michel, Zelda, Sarah Tsipa leave Druysk?
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how was shoemaking in Lithuania and Poland different then it is in the U.S. today?
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make a timeline of Sara’s life
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make a timeline of Don’s life
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discuss significance of family to Don
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discuss significance of religion to Don
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discuss significance of education to Don
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symbols represent other things. discuss these symbols: knitting needles pripetchik babi yar potatoes milk donuts gold coins chicken farms cheeseburger
knitting needles - used sticks to knit while hid in woods with mother
pripetchik - a warm place to hide in the old beggar lady’s house
babi yar
potatoes - would eat rotten potatoes hiding in root cellars
milk - kind Jewish man got killed trying to get him some in a metal jar
donuts - ate at Ellis island got sick
gold coins - sewn into buttons and hidden in soap; used to bribe way out of trouble
chicken farms - where he lived in NJ
cheeseburger - wife ate one; alien to his learned Jewish ways; learned to blend their jewish tradiitons
describe two photographs. do you have similar ones in your photo albums.
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make an identity chart for yourself; how does it influence you and how you make decisions
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prepare identity chart for sara and another for Donald. include influences before during and after ww2 and holocaust (shoal)
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write a letter to the author commenting on the book or asking him questions
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prepare 3 questions that you would ask author if he came to your class
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what is an upstander?
an individual who takes risks to help others in danger and does not hesitate to criticize those who fail to help others in need or danger
who are the upstanders in this book?
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who are the bystanders in this book?
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what historical events have intersected with and influenced your life?
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how did silence and indifference to human and civil rights help the perpetrators
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what are the obligations of responsible citizens in a democratic society
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