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 would say that neither was more useful and that, though optimism might've helped people stay a little …
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 passage? Wiesel uses quotation marks around "normal" to show that things weren't actually normal. Things were …
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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 Jews during the Holocaust, reading today's text (pg. 3-11) is unsettling and sad. At first, it was …
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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 you learn certain events that happened to the victims that no one else may know about, or even be …
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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 about the mistakes humans have made in the past. Learning about the gruesome incidents that happened in …
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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 text (pages 62–64)?" To Kill a Mockingbird as a movie and as a book are surprisingly different, but …
Seeking Justice: Lesson 5, Discussion Questions
Questions from Oyster Academy. Question 1: How does today’s reading develop your understanding of gender roles and expectations in this text? Provide specific examples from the text. Today's reading helped me understand that women are expected to do housework, like Jem says on page 78, "Not like a …
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Seeking Justice Lesson 2: Discussion Questions
Questions from Oyster Academy-Seeking Justice: Lesson 2. Question 1: What can we infer about Scout’s character based on this first chapter? Provide specific examples from the text. She’s smart, having been able to read since she was a baby, "Scout yonder's been readin' ever since she was born, …
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Seeking Justice Lesson 1: Discussion Questions
Questions from Oyster Academy-Seeking Justice: Lesson 1. Question 1: What was the relationship between gender and the perpetuation of Jim Crow? During the Jim Crow laws, it was always inappropriate for a black man to interact with a white girl or woman in a casual way, strengthening the …
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