Sophomore+Holocaust+Project 

For the Sophomore Research Project, students will do the following: DRAFT

Read "Night" by Elie Wiesel in English Class (excerpts). Read "The Sunflower" by Simon Wiesenthal.

Chemistry: Students will be taught about Fermi problems or **back of the envelope estimation** problems involving figuring out the factors needed to create estimates. Examples include: > Later in the year Chemistry students will do an Analysis of Toxic Sites from WWII, based on known pollutants left over from mining and manufacturing in Germany, tied to present-day Superfund sites and the pollution problems we have today. Math: TBD depending on needs from research class. Aside from supporting the estimation activities: Modeling the traveling information in Night shows that some of the trips may or may not have been realistic. Looking at genocides around the world as a function of time.
 * 1) How many pools are in Antioch?
 * 2) How much money is available from recycling bottles on campus?
 * 3) How much does it cost the school to pick up trash each day?
 * 4) How much cash is there on campus at any given moment?
 * 5) How much data is transmitted from campus each day? How many pages would be required to print it all out?

English and World History: Students will **read the novel.**

Theme: The cost of the Holocaust Social Science and English Classes will collaborate on **writing a research paper** on one of the following topics related to the theme.
 * 1) Financial Costs: to the German government? To the Economy?
 * 2) Family
 * 3) Distribution of Populations
 * 4) Emigration and Exodus
 * 5) Environmental Costs
 * 6) Medical Ethics
 * 7) Transportation vs. Camps