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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, writer, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace. Students can learn through this comprehensive site about his extraordinary life and how he continues to speak out against genocide and...
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Swiss Educ

Swiss Educ: Wiesel, Elie: 1928

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A rich multimedia site, this offers biographical information and resources for teaching "Night."
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1986: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Elie Weisel, the author of "Night," and the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. This Nobel e-Museum website includes a biography and video clips.
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Other

A Teacher's Resource for Night by Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
This teacher's resource provides opportunities for close reading of Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night. This resource is published by the nonprofit group, Facing Voices of Love and Freedom.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Elie Wiesel: "The Perils of Indifference"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the audio and text of Elie Wiesel's speech "The Perils of Indifference" delivered on April 12, 1999, Washington, D.C. He discusses his experience in German concentration camps during the Holocaust and the dangers on indifference.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's Nobel Acceptance Speech

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Space Telescope Science Institute

St Sc I: Elie Wiesel's Relationship With God

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting paper by Wiesel. "The Holocaust presents one of the most disturbing theological dilemmas of the twentieth century. As a survivor of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel has to reevaluate God in his world. He does so through is...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Elie Wiesel Lesson Plans: Night

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this site to access numerous materials to support the study of Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel, Night. Resources range from study guides to background information on the Holocaust.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Technology to Analyze and Illustrate Symbolism in Night

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Images have power-they can trigger memories or symbolize abstract ideas. Students put the power of images to the test as they analyze symbolism in Night and create symbolic photomontages.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise but good biography about Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor.
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The History Place

The History Place: Great Speeches Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place provides a good selection of historical and relatively modern speeches from many English-speaking countries. Each speech is set up in its historic context. Many are available with audio links.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference" Speech by Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Elie Wiesel's 'The Perils of Indifference' Speech," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Elie Wiesel" by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Elie Wiesel" by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's Remarks at the Dedication of the Holocaust Musuem

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Elie Wiesel's Remarks at the Dedication of the Holocaust Museum" by Elie Wiesel, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 26 Grade-Leveled texts (6-11) on the topic The Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the worst genocides in history, in which Adolph Hitler's Nazi Germany killed over six million Jews and five million others deemed...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" by John Boyne

For Students 5th - 9th
A wire fence stands between Bruno and Shmuel's friendship at Auschwitz, and tragedy beckons when Bruno's naivety and his distance from his family take him beyond the fence. Selected (9) reading passages (grades 5-9) to pair with "The Boy...
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Other

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

For Students 9th - 10th
The site for the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity; it includes the work of the Foundation, a biography on Wiesel, and a list of his published books.
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Article
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Elie Wiesel Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 9: Hope, Despair, and Memory

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This unit teaches students about the importance of hope and remembrance during times of tragedy. Students explore the different ways characters and historical figures have embraced humanity and created civility as a response to...
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SparkNotes

Sparknotes: Night

For Students 9th - 10th
A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for Night by Elie Wiesel.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Night [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A useful guide to Wiesel's harrowing narrative, this four page .pdf offers literary conflict identification, chapter summaries, post-reading activity suggestions and other features.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Elie Wiesel and the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
A fourteen-part learning module with links to websites, videos, images, and texts about Elie Weisel and his life experiences during the Holocaust.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Intro to Night by Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
An eight-part learning module with links to images, websites, videos, and texts to use before reading Elie Wiesel's Night.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Night by Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, slides, videos and a text to use while reading Elie Wiesel's Night.