Torres.topictalk.Eventissueother.doc


 * Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest**

List five facts that you already know about this event/issue: 1. It was a mass murder of European Jews.
 * Topic Choice: The Holocaust**

2. After the Holocaust in 1948 the United Nations adopted the Genocide Convention (requires governments to undertake to prevent and punish the crime of genocide).

3. About six million Jews were killed by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

4.The Nazis used triangular badges or patches to identify prisoners in the concentration camps. Different colored patches represented different groups.

5.Hans Scholl and Alexander Schmorell, both medical students at the University of Munich, founded the White Rose Group (an opposition group established to resist the Nazis).

1**.**How did/will this event/issue impact the world? The Holocaust killed many Jews and damaged the lives of many others. It was a tragic event but it helped to strengthen and expand international protection of human rights and broadened protection for refugees.
 * Answer these questions about this person:**

2. For what purpose do you want to write about this event/issue--that is, what argument(s) might you make about it? (For example, you might show how teachers can work with dyslexic students or argue that Hurricane Katrina was a turning point in American politics). I would like to write about this event to remind our society as a whole on just how greatly the Holocaust impacted world history and that preventing and responding to genocide remains as one of the world's most urgent problems.

3. For what audience(s) do you intend to make your argument(s) about this event? (People who already know about dyslexia? People from New Orleans? Teachers?) Explain. I intend to make my arguments about this event to people who already know about the Holocaust, people who had relatives in the Holocaust, and people who in genearl want to know more about this event.

4. What genres (types of writing) might be appropriate to this topic? (For example, what kinds of writing might associated people (like teachers) write about it? What kinds of writing might be written about it?)

5. Why are you interested in researching this event/issue? How do you personally connect with it? I am interested in researching this event because it was a major event in history that lead to many human rights movements. I also have jewish friends and researched Anne Frank and found her story very touching/interesting.

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
 * Resources**
 * books from the library (The diary of Anne Frank)
 * Holocaust survivor interviews
 * The movie documentary on Anne Frank
 * the holocaust museum website ([|www.ushmm.org])


 * Once you have completed worksheets for __TWO__ topics, please answer these three questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:**
 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.


 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you think will make the most compelling argument for an audience? Please explain.


 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.