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Independent Book Study

The Book Thief

By: Adam Schlondrop

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Rationale & Essential Questions

  1. Why did Germany decide to go to war at the time?
  2. How did the war affect the people's lives?
  3. Why would so many people follow Hitler’s unjust policies?
  4. How did such huge segregation come up so fast out of nowhere?
  5. How can people kill when they know it is wrong?

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Author & Background

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Basic Plot Overview

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Characters

Death

Rudy

Hans

Max

Liesel

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Setting/Historical Background

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Setting/Historical Background (cont.)

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Conflict/Resolution

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My Response to the Book

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References

Book Burning. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005852

Kristallnacht. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201

Markus Zusak Biography. (2017). Retrieved from

http://www.chipublib.org/markus-zusak-biography/

World War II. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii

Zusak, M. (2005). The Book Thief. Australia: Picador.

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