The Biography of Eliezer Wiesel
Group 1: Please click on the links below in order to find the information needed to answer the following questions.
1. When was Elie Wiesel born?
2. Where was he born?
3. Describe his family and their religion.
4. What happened to Mr.Wiesel during the Second World War?
5. What motivated him to "bear witness" for the future generations?
6. What has he written as an author?
7. What awards has he won?
8. What is his life like now?
9. What is the purpose of the "Elie Wiesel Foundation"?
10. Is there any other important information we should know?
Please present this information (and a few pictures of the author) to the class on a piece of blank chart paper. We will hang this up in the classroom to refer to during our reading of the novel.
http://www.biography.com/people/elie-wiesel-9530714
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Wiesel.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/ELIEBIO.HTM
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-lecture.html (Nobel Peace Prize Speech)
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0int-1 (Interview with Elie Wiesel)
1. When was Elie Wiesel born?
2. Where was he born?
3. Describe his family and their religion.
4. What happened to Mr.Wiesel during the Second World War?
5. What motivated him to "bear witness" for the future generations?
6. What has he written as an author?
7. What awards has he won?
8. What is his life like now?
9. What is the purpose of the "Elie Wiesel Foundation"?
10. Is there any other important information we should know?
Please present this information (and a few pictures of the author) to the class on a piece of blank chart paper. We will hang this up in the classroom to refer to during our reading of the novel.
http://www.biography.com/people/elie-wiesel-9530714
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Wiesel.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/ELIEBIO.HTM
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-lecture.html (Nobel Peace Prize Speech)
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0int-1 (Interview with Elie Wiesel)