Why Remember?

Summative
Museum Application + Show

SOI: Perspective can be expressed and structured through writing to a wide audience,
impacting them in different ways.

Background Info: Museums are institutions that house the tangible, touchable history of
both people and humanity. Teachers often arrange field trips to museums to enhance the
lessons being taught in the classroom. Artifacts— which are man-made objects with a
purpose, include tools, models, photographs, and writings—can provide insight into the lives
and circumstances surrounding particular people or events. They help us remember.

You need to convince the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that
Goal your Holocaust artifact and evidence is important and should be displayed
at the new exhibit for others to experience.
You have an important item belonging to a connection you knew who
Role lived during the Holocaust (your notebook character). You want to
preserve their memory.
Visitors to the USHMM who want to learn more about the Holocaust and
Audience its impact on the people who suffered through it and its impact on the
modern day.
The USHMM is accepting applications for artifacts to be shown in an
Situation upcoming exhibit. You want your item to be showcased so that visitors can
appreciate it’s importance to history.
1. Holocaust artifact
Product
2. Application to the museum explaining why your artifact is
important and should be included.

3. Museum display presentation

Standards A1, B2, C3, D5

A1. identify and explain the content, context, language, structure, technique and style of
text(s) and the relationship among texts. Your evidence in the format of quotes and
important language in how you explain the impact and importance of your artifact.
B2. organize opinions and ideas in a coherent and logical manner. The organization of your
application and presentation.
C3. select relevant details and examples to develop ideas. The development of your
justifications (examples are explained with multiple relevant details).
D5. use appropriate non-verbal communication techniques. Your presentation skills.

ATL Skills: Self-Management (organization), Critical Thinking (analysing and evaluating),

and Creative Thinking (generating novel ideas).

Step by Step Guide:

1. As you read the novel Night, identify as many artifacts/objects and quotes from the
text that are symbolic of memorable moments in Wiesel’s life. Compile an ongoing
list of possible “pieces” for your museum.
2. Decide on your contribution. It should represent an important development of a
character and be supported with quotes and specific language from the novel. Your
topic needs to be approved before you begin! There can be no overlap. No matter
what topic you choose, you will need to support it with evidence and language from
the novel.
3. Plan: Compile all the relevant information to your contribution in one place. Identify
which elements most strongly support your application to donate this piece to the
museum.
4. Create: Produce your artifact.
5. Outline: Organize your information into an appropriate application (report outline will
be provided as a guide)
6. Rough Draft: In your notebook, by hand, draft your application to the museum.
7. Edit: This is an important application. Make sure you have fully edited and revised it
before submitting to the museum!
8. Good Copy: Produce and publish your good copy to ManageBac.
9. USHMM Display: On a designated date, the classroom will become an interactive
display for the museum. You will present your artifact and explain its importance to
any visitors who attend. Hint: Visitors may include Mr. Swanson, so be prepared!
a. There will be NO extensions. The display date, once determined, is finite. If
you do not come to school that day, you will receive a 0 for Criteria D.

Potential Generalized Topics for your Display

1. Eli as a character
a. Faith
b. Relationship with his father
2. Dehumanization
3. Soldiers treatment of prisoners in the camps
4. Tradition
5. Theme (Silence, Power and Control, Humanity, Innocence)
6. Symbols + Motifs
a. Night
b. Death
c. Fire
d. Barbed wire

Important Details
You NEED to use MLA to cite your quotes and identify which pages your important language
appears. If you do not do this, you have technically plagiarized your work. You will have
earned a 0 on this assessment. Any uncited quotes will not be considered during the
assessment by your teacher.

The topic of Auschwitz has become part of mainstream culture. […] The most striking
example is that of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.: it
has received more than twenty-two million visitors since its inauguration in 1993.
[…]
For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the
dead and the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to
our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the
dead would be akin to killing them a second time.
Weisel, xiv-xv

Report Structure
1. Title page
2. Table of Contents with page numbers that include the following sections
a. Summary of report: 1 to 2 paragraphs to summarize the entire report
b. Item description: photos, who it belonged to, life history
c. Discussion:
i. Importance and meaning (symbolism, motif, theme, etc) of topic
ii. Purpose and impact of topic during the Holocaust and in the present
iii. Value of topic to historical memory
d. Conclusion: Clearly state and explain why your topic is important and your
representative item should be featured in the new museum display
e. References

Tips for writing a Report

- Use the active voice and be aware of your tone
- Be direct. Make it very clear that your item should be in the museum
- Use specific examples and avoid generalities
- Use subheadings to organize the sections
- Make sure everything you include is relevant to the purpose of the report

Presentation
You will need to present your item/topic and information during a special museum show
during which you will need to explain what your item is and why it is important to attendees
for an hour. You should communicate verbally and organically with your audience to answer
their questions.

You will need to prepare:

- The item in question
- Additional visual aids for context
- A short speech that highlights the most important elements of your application
Task Specific Clarification

A1. Identify and explain the content, context, language, structure, technique and style of text(s) and the
relationship among texts. Your evidence in the format of quotes and important language in how you
explain the impact and importance of your artifact.
Level Achieved Level Descriptor
0 You did not achieve any of the descriptors below.
1-2 You do not include effective quotes or identify important pieces of language.
3-4 You include less than 5 quotes that are not effective and identify less than 5
important pieces of language that support your analysis of the artefact.
5-6 You include 5+ effective quotes that are sequentially connected and identify at least
5 important pieces of language that support your analysis of the artefact.
7-8 You include 5+ highly effective quotes that are sequentially connected and identify at
many important pieces of language that support your analysis of the artefact.

B2. Organize opinions and ideas in a coherent and logical manner. The organization of your application and
presentation.
Level Achieved Level Descriptor
0 You did not achieve any of the descriptors below.
1-2 You do not follow the application provided. Your information is not persuasive or
logical and is difficult to understand.
You follow the application, providing limited answers that are either too short or too
3-4 long. You present your information in a somewhat persuasive manner that does not
consistently follow logic.
You follow the application, providing effective answers that are within the specified
5-6 word limit. You present your information in a persuasive manner that follows logic.
You follow the application, providing highly effective and well justified answers that
7-8 are within the specified word limit. You present your information in a highly
persuasive manner that follows logic.

C3. Select relevant details and examples to develop ideas. The development of your justifications (examples
are explained with multiple relevant details).
Level Achieved Level Descriptor
0 You did not achieve any of the descriptors below.
1-2 You choose few or ineffective examples and irrelevant details to develop your ideas
in full.
3-4 You choose several somewhat effective examples and multiple details to develop
your ideas in full.
5-6 You choose several effective examples and multiple relevant details to develop your
ideas in full.
7-8 You choose several highly effective examples and multiple relevant details to
develop your ideas in full.

D5. Use appropriate non-verbal communication techniques. Your presentation skills.

Level Achieved Level Descriptor
0 You did not achieve any of the descriptors below.
1-2 You present your artifact with substandard presentation skills and are rated poorly by
viewers.
3-4 You present your artifact with acceptable presentation skills and are rated as such by
viewers.
5-6 You present your artifact with good presentation skills and are well rated by viewers.
7-8 You present your artifact with strong presentation skills and are highly rated by
viewers.