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Dear Mom & Dad,
For my NHD project, I picked to focus of Dachau because I'm fascinated in the topic of the holocaust. Throughout my research on Dachau, I have learned some far interesting things. For example, an interesting fact I learned was that Dachau was primarily built for political prisoners. Political prisoners would go there because of them standing out to the government. This information ties in to my research question because if they had not been taken to the concentration camp, would the system of government be different? I argue that the system of government would be completely different if the voices of the political prisoners were heard. Their voices in government are significant because without them things would have ran more smoothly.

The political prisoners at the concentration camp Dachau significance has changed history for ever. Not only was the concentration camp built just for the political prisoners, but its other purpose was to keep the prisoners quiet. The Nazi government did this by imprisoning them. The imprisonment of the political prisoners at Dachau is significant because without the voices of these Communist, Socialist, trade unionists, and etc. there would not have been as much denial and things would have ran more smoothly. The political prisoners held at the concentration camp Dachau’s responsibility and loyalty as a citizen became secondary because of the absence of the human rights of free speech. These prisoners were treated unjust because of there beliefs about a particularly different regime. The biased government was using the strategy of taking away the voices of these political prisoners to help prevent negative word about there corrupt system. If they hadn't taken the prisoners voices away, would the system of government have turned out differently? 

Reading times

Reading Times-
Discussion: 20 min
Reading: 30 min
Detailed Outline: 1 hr 30 min

Reading and working times

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
1-13 20 min 1-14 20 min 1-15 20 min. 1-16 20 min 1-17 15 min 1-18 10 min 1-19 10 min 1-20 10 min
Total= 125
Pp. 1-101

Dachau

I'm doing my research on the concentration camp, Dachau. It was the first of the Nazi concentration camps to open in Germany. In the beginning, it was intended to hold political prisoners, but as the years went by they accepted much more  kinds of prisoners. I feel like we should care about my topic because when people talk about what happened at concentration camps, they don't really care because it didn't happen to them. I'm trying to express to people that this matter has affected and changed the rest of our lives for ever, even if people don't know it.

This week, I am looking forward to getting some make-up research in. I look forward to correct my bibs, and over looking them because I know I need to change at least 2-3. Also, I am looking forward to building up more information about my thesis questions, and looking at Ms. Baggett's comments on course sites.

Reading Times
Hate List, Jennifer Brown
01-06- 15 min.  , 01-07- 15 min., 01-08 -10 min., 01-09- 10 min., 01-10- 15 min., 01-11-15 min, 01-12- 30 min. , 10 min of NHD project
Total= 120
Pp. 327-340

Madison's prompt

In the book I'm reading called "The Hate List," the main character experiences something no other high school student wants to encounter. She experiences a massive shooting at her school, and the person who pulled was behind the trigger was her very own boyfriend, Nick. If I had to experience this, I believe my hands and toes would go numb.

{Acting as the main character Val in the story}

As I walked in the cafiteria, everything just felt so surreal. Like I was dreaming in the inside, but terror was going on outside of me. I look to my left, to see Nick pointing the gun straight at my worst enemy. I don't know how to act, but next thing I know I was in front of the gun and the girl. Nick looked at me with those dreamy eyes, and I told myself this wasn't happening. I didn't know what was going on. It was sort of like my very own body was controlling me, while I just let it. I focused on calming Nick down, maybe I could change his mind. Next thing I know, my leg was gushing out blood. It happened so quick that I didn't even experience pain. How could this be happening?