All questions are from Oyster Academy. Do you think that optimism or pessimism is a more useful emotion/perspective in the world? How would Wiesel respond to this question? I believe Wiesel …
O4: Encountering Evil – Student Response
All questions from Oyster Academy. Why does Wiesel use quotation marks around the word “normal” on page 11? What impact does this punctuation have on the reader’s understanding of the …
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O3: Encountering Evil – Student Response
All questions are from Oyster Academy. Knowing what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust, how does reading today’s text impact you as a reader? With my knowledge of what happened to the …
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O2: Encountering Evil- Student Response
All questions from Oyster Academy. Question 1: Why is it so important to remember the specific details of people’s experiences? It's important to remember details of people's experiences because …
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O1-Encountering Evil: Discussion Questions
All questions are from O1: Encountering Evil. Question: Why does studying the Holocaust matter? What can studying the Holocaust teach us? Studying the Holocaust matters because we must learn …
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Seeking Justice: Lesson 6
All questions are from Oyster Academy-Seeking Justice: Lesson 6. Question 1: "In what ways is the scene where Jem retrieves his pants similar and different in the film (30:50–32:16) than in the …
