Due Next Week: Quiz (12/5/11) & Blog Video Response: 12/7/11)

On Monday (12/5/11). You will have a quiz on Chapters 5-7. This quiz will assess the following:
1. A clear understanding on chapters 5-7 (Main points, characters introduced, conflicts if any.).
2. Vocabulary terms given for any of the chapters (5-7). Check below for Ch. 5-7 vocabulary words.
3. The 5 articles we've discussed, I am posting them all on the blog, for those of you who need to refer back to it.


For Wednesday you are to respond on the following videos; although, there are 5 clips, please note that they are very short clips:
clip 1: http://www.pbs.org/pov/hidingandseeking/video_intro.php
clip 2:http://www.pbs.org/pov/hidingandseeking/video_history.php
clip 3:http://www.pbs.org/pov/hidingandseeking/video_hasidism_ww2.php
clip 4 ( Watched in class: about Hasidic Women:
http://www.pbs.org/pov/hidingandseeking/video_hasidism_women.php)
Clip 5:http://www.pbs.org/pov/hidingandseeking/video_hasidism_others.php

After watching the following videos, please respond to these questions in your blog, due:12/7/11

1. What are 3 important facts you learned about the video?
2. How did what you watched in these videos help you better understand Asher Lev, his family and the community he lives in?
3. Provide 5 situations you read thus far in My Name is Asher Lev that are directly influenced by what you watched in these videos, of the Hasidim religion.
4. Name one thing you would like to further explore. You have must name at least one thing, as we know that these videos do not give us the full picture of the entire religion.