Elie Wiesel Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance
Speech
• Select several short phrases from the passage you just read
– These should be important phrases, ones that hold a key idea, a
key word (phrases not sentences)
• Copy the selected phrases onto a piece of paper
• Arrange the phrases in a poem formant
– Make the lines short, breaking the phrases wherever it is meaning
to you.
• Your poem should be at least 15 lines
– Words and phrases can be repeated (you could create a refrain
like in a song)
• Do not add words
• Add Title :
by Alicia Morales with thanks to Elie Wiesel
Schindler’s List
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How does Oskar Schindler use his resources to get what he wants?
In one paragraph describe Schindler’s character
What is Istak Stern’s role in this story? Explain
What scene from the liquidation of the ghetto was most moving to
you? Why?
• What do you think causes the shift in Schindler’s business goals?
Explain
• What do you make of Amon’s feelings toward Helen? Explain
• Why does Steven Spielberg make so many references to the list at the
end of the film (the reading of names, roll call)?