Hilton Teacher Treks - Lauren McDonnell Supplement

It is my job as a writing teacher…

to educate students on topics worthy of their

writing.

From the Paris to Auschwitz: Following the Forced Migration Patterns

of Jews During the Holocaust

Hilton Teacher Treks Application SupplementPrepared by Lauren McDonnell

Why this trip? Enhance understanding of the governmental

machinery behind the Holocaust, including that of occupied and complicit nations

Witness the cultural vibrancy that has emerged from devastation

Pay respects to the victims of the Holocaust Gain knowledge to share with students

Proposed travel route (train) Proposed travel route (car) Proposed travel route (plane)

Remember the history,

celebrate the culture.

Paris and Drancy Forced migration then…

…today, the city of lights.

BerlinHome of the Third Reich, engine of the Holocaust…

…and modern cultural epicenter.

Prague and Theresienstadt

Nazi propaganda to stave off foreign intervention…

…and city of a hundred spires.

Krakow

...and today.

BudapestJewish safety zone until Nazi

occupation

…and pearl of the Danube.

Planned Hilton Stays Hilton Paris La Defense Hilton Berlin Hilton Prague Hilton Garden Inn Krakow Hilton Budapest

Bringing it back to students…

Freshmen writing students will use information about the Holocaust to craft arguments in response to the following essential questions: How and why do genocides start? How do governments hide genocide? Is complicity during crime a crime itself? How do countries and ethnic groups recover after

genocide or civil war and regain cultural identity? Does war generate anything that is culturally

valuable? How is the war/conflict/genocide in X country

similar or different to World War II and the Holocaust?

Based on X country’s strengths and assets, in what areas do you envision it is mostly likely to experience a cultural revival? (i.e., music, art)

Freshman Writing 1

Integrated unit with freshman English and

Human Geography