Day/Date/Time |
Activity/Location |
Instructional Activity |
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Saturday
April 27, 2013
9:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Student Orientation |
Prepare students for international travel: behavioral expectations, what to bring, logistics, textbooks required, and additional readings, go over course syllabus and assign readings. Overview of Prague’s history and culture.
Introduction to class; syllabus reviewed. including required textbooks. Homework given for Monday, July 1 |
Prague is waiting! |
Monday
July 1
9am -12:00pm |
First day of class
(MCCCD) |
Blackboard and Gateway library access introduced.
(Please note that only a representative sample of the required work is shown.)
Images: Chapter 1 “Rumblings of Danger” Introductory lecture of the topic given with emphasis placed on a background of the topic. |
Death and his hourglass on the famous
Town Hall clock in Prague.
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Tuesday
July 2
9am -12:00pm |
Second day of class
(MCCCD) |
The Nazis Come to Power
Lecture Discussion |
Burning books in Berlin, 1933.
Used by permission of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Thursday
July 4 |
Depart Phoenix for Prague |
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Friday
July 5 |
Arrive in Prague |
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Sunday
July 7 |
Breakfast and Walking Tour of Prague |
A general overview of historical and cultural sites in Prague |
Prague skyline with St. Nicholas Cathedral. |
10:00pm |
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Blog#1 Due |
Monday
July 8
9:00am - 12:00pm |
NYU |
Orientation with NYU college staff and instructors, Tour of NYU college facilities. Cultural training and practical information on health clinics, pharmacies, emergency contact information, grocery stores etc. |
What doors will you open during your stay? |
2pm - 4:30pm? |
Students' dorm? |
Film: Arek Hersch: A Detail of History |
Tuesday
July 9
9-11:30am
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NYU |
Images: Chapter 2 “In Hiding”*
*”Images” always means a Lecture/ Discussion class format |
What "ghosts" took their places among the living?
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12:30am -
2:30 pm |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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Guest lecture by Dr. Rick Pinard; “Life in Prague during the Protectorate”
Followed by a brief visit to the New Jewish Cemetery |
Wednesday
July 10
9am - 11:30am
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NYU
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Images: Chapter 3 “Fleeing for their Lives”
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In the backstreets of Prague.
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2-4pm
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Students' Dorm |
A Film Unfinished
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Thursday
July 11
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Prague Castle |
Guided tour of Prague Castle |
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At the gates of Prague Castle. |
Friday
July 12
10:00pm |
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Blog #2 Due |
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Saturday/Sunday
July 13-14
Free Weekend
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Suggestions for maximizing time in Prague will be provided.
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Enjoy! |
Monday
July 15
9:00am -11:00am
11:30am - 1:30pm
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NYU
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Dr. Jiří Pehe
Part 1
Images: Chapter 4 “Surrounded by Ghetto Walls"
Preparation for visit to the Jewish Quarter
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The main square in Terezin.
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Tuesday
July 16
8:00am - 5:00pm
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Meet at Florenc metro station to catch bus? |
Guided Tour of Terezín Concentration Camp and Small Fortress
Possible voluntary “Camp Diet” participation?
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10 pm
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Blog #3 Due |
Wednesday
July
17
8:45am— 11:45am
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Tour of the Jewish Quarter
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On the edge of the ancient Jewish ghetto. |
| 1:30pm |
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Images: Chapter 4 “Imprisoned in the Camps” Part 1 |
Thursday
July 18
9:00am-11:30pm |
NYU |
Images: Chapter 5 “Imprisoned in the Camps” Part 2 |
Photographed from the window of a comfortable train, traveling east to Poland.
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Tonight:
App: 10pm
Depart Prague for Krakow |
Train station |
Paper #1 Due: You MUST bring your printed copy with you!!!! |
Friday
July 19
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Arrive Krakow app 6am |
Go directly to the hotel for breakfast; then very brief neighborhood orientation
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Inside the museum of "Krakow under Nazi Occupation 1939-1945"
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10:00am -2:00pm |
Meet at hotel at 10am |
Visit significant Jewish Quarter landmarks on the way to the “Schindler Museum” — the Museum of Life in Krakow under the Nazi Occupation
Possible lunch together to “debrief” in old Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz with further information given on museums and exhibitions here. |
Saturday
July 20
8:00am - 6pm
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Meet at hotel at 8am
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Bus to Auschwitz/Birkenau for extended guided tours of the camps; students also to attend workshops in selected barracks |
What would you write for this caption? |
Sunday
July 21
9:00am-12:15pm
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Free Time |
Free time to take advantage of local culture, such as museums, art galleries and churches
Optional excursions include
Wieliczka Salt Mine (A UNESCO site)
Plaszow Concentration Camp site
Village of Osweciem |
A courtyard at Wawel Castle in Krakow |
Tonight:
App: 10pm
Depart Krakow for Prague |
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Monday
July 22
Arrive Prague app 6am
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Free time
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The dreadful "Biograf" room |
No class, but…
2-3:30pm |
Meet at St W. Square |
Tour of Gestapo Headquarters |
| Monday: 10 pm |
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Blog #4 Due |
Tuesday
July 23
9:00am -12:30pm
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NYU
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Reactions to Poland trip
Perpetrators and Bystanders
Lecture / Discussion |
Who would you have been in the Hall of Mirrors of the Third Reich? |
Wednesday
July 24
9:00am -11:30pm |
NYU |
Images: Chapter 6 “Resisting Evil” |
A small plaque here commemorates smuggling Jews to safety, planned inthis hotel in Prague
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Thursday
July 25
9:00am -12:30pm
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NYU |
Images: Chapters 7 and 8“Liberation”;
and “The Days After”
Paper #2 Due Saturday morning at the bus station: You MUST bring your printed copy with you!!!!
(I intend to grade these in ČK!) |
Just how welcome were the people who returned? |
Friday
July 26 |
Free day |
You may go by yourselves or I will go with you, but by next Tuesday, you MUST have visited the Church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius. The metro stop is Karlovo Námĕstí. |
The Czech assassins of Reinhold Heydrich died here in the church crypt |
Saturday
July 27
Sunday
July 28
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Meet at the bus station. |
Visit UNESCO World Heritage site, Česky Krumlov; guided tour of castle included |
Česky Krumlov skyline.
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Česky Krumlov castle garden fountain. |
Monday
July 29
9:00am - 11:00pm
11:30am - 1:30pm |
NYU
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Dr. Jiří Pehe
Part II
Images: Chapters 9 and 10 “A Mosaic of Courage”; “Echoing Reflections”
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Oskar Schindler's typewriter and desk. |
Tuesday
July 30
9:00am -12:15pm |
Meet at Dejvická metro station to take bus? |
Visit Lidice Memorial |
A last look at Prague.
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| 6:00pm - 9:00pm? |
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Blog #5 Due by 9am tomorrow
Farewell Dinner Cruise on the Vlatava |
Wednesday
July 31
9:00am -11:00am |
NYU
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Presentation of “Shoebox” Projects |
A student takes the "Shoebox Assignment" literally! :) |
Thursday
August 1
Depart Prague and Arrive in Phoenix |
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