Continuing the exploration from societal to individual ethics, the second semester student

further develops facility in decision-making and self-awareness. Using various methods for

ethical decision-making, the student cultivates the skills of critical thinking for making informed

ethical decisions. She engages in topics including the identification and development of

conscience, the ethic of justice and the ethic of care, personal integrity, sexuality, and life

issues. The student utilizes Internet research and multiple intelligences

for oral and written presentations.

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Level 3 Assessment Due Dates: 

February 11, March 11*, April 8, and May 6

*Assessment #2:  March 11

Voices Still Heard: Witnesses to the Holocaust
Illinois Holocaust Memorial
4255 Main Street, Skokie, IL 60076
847/677-4640

Virtual Visit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Visit the Holocaust Memorial in person. Visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on line. Respond
to the following in seven well-constructed, typed, double-spaced responses. (100 points)

In Person Visit: Illinois Holocaust Memorial

1. State the mission and purpose of the Illinois Holocaust Memorial. Identify ~artifacts that seem
most strongly to support the mission of the Memorial, and explain why you chose them (10 points)

2. Identify and explain Kristallnacht in your own words. Indicate which artifact in the exhibit stands
out to you as the clearest example of this event, and tell why that is so. (10 points)

3. Describe the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Include specific explanation regarding the roles
played by Judy Lachman and Mordecai Anielwicz in this event. (15 points)

4. Identify and explain the marking badges of concentration camp "inmates." (15 points)
Virtual Visit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
@www.ushmm.org

On-line Exhibition: Deadly Medicine

View the exhibition and all "flash" demonstrations.

5. Using your own words, explain the "science" of eugenics. Use at least ~ specific references to
the exhibition to illustrate its appeal both to the Nazis and to scientists in the United States. (15
points)

6. Consider: if this viewpoint prevailed today, who would be targeted? Specifically identify at least
3 groups in the United States who would be inferior. Specifically identify at least 3 groups
in the United States who would be superior. Explain your reasoning for these groupings. (20
points)

7. Abraham Heschel said, "Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself; it is more universal,
more contagious, more dangerous." Explain this statement with specific reference to the notions of
inferior and superior as they are lived today in the United States. (15 points)

All work on this paper is to be original. Consultation of sources other than those provided at the
Holocaust Memorial, or on line at ushmm.org, is neither expected nor allowed. In addition,
group conversation or consultation resulting in passages of significant similarity in two or more
papers, will be construed as plagiarism.

You will need to call the Memorial ahead of time, to ensure that someone will be there to greet you.
You are expected to speak with someone at the Memorial. You are expected to visit the Memorial in
person. If you are able to visit on a weekday, it is possible that a Holocaust survivor may be present to
lead you through the exhibit. The exhibit is not open on Saturdays.