Life of a Holocaust survivor in Hitler’s death camps
History
Assignment Instructions
Elie Wiesel, Night Paper Prompt
Use Elie Wiesel’s Night (your primary source available in your Research Paper Help module) and 3 other secondary sources to write a paper describing the life of a holocaust survivor in Hitler’s death camps. Your paper should make an argument about how Wiesel and/or others were able to survive the concentration camp experience and the psychological ramifications of their treatment.
Make sure to use proper Chicago Style (CMS=Chicago Manual of Style) formatting. Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History will help you with this. Read through the rest of this Research Paper Help module for more information and models for this class. See the suggested schedule below for how to complete your paper.
Suggested schedule for completing paper:
Weeks 1-2:
• Read (and take module quizzes) on Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, to prepare you to write a Chicago Style paper on Elie Wiesel’s experience.
Week 2:
• Read Elie Wiesel’s Night (Wiesel’s autobiography describing his life in Hitler’s Germany and the German Death Camps.) This is your primary source.
Week 3:
• Visit JSTOR via the COS Library website. Find three articles about Elie Wiesel, or other survivors’ experiences, or the Holocaust. These are your secondary sources. Cite these along with the Wiesel narrative in your paper in CMS format.
Weeks 4-5
• Write your paper.
Paper is Due: July 16th. NO EXCEPTIONS! I CANNOT ACCEPT LATE PAPERS IN SUMMER SESSION.
• IF YOU FAIL TO SUBMIT THE PAPER ON THE 16TH, YOU WILL LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY!
• Ensure your paper is argumentative. Use Rampolla to assist you with this. Rampolla should be your History Paper Bible for this assignment.
Below is a checklist you can use to make sure you have met all requirements for the paper:
Checklist:
Argumentative paper
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Typed, double-spaced; 1’ borders; Times New Roman (or Times), 12 pt. font.
No slang, appropriate language, proper spelling, no anachronism, etc.
College writing: no contractions; no “can’t” or “don’t” or “I think” or “my opinion is”; use past tense
CMS Footnotes
CMS Bibliography
CMS Title page
At least 1 primary source and three secondary sources.
At least 2000 words
Word count included on title page
The Paper Grading Rubric will be available in the Paper Submission Module in Canvas.
A sample paper showing proper Chicago Style is available in your Week 1, Day 1, 3rd Module titled Research Paper Help Module.
Remember that your paper will be graded for structure, content, interpretation, and the quality and accuracy of your prose.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A PAPER ONLINE OR USE AI! ALL PAPERS WILL BE RUN THROUGH A PLAGIARISM/AI CHECK PROGRAM.
IF YOUR PAPER IS LESS THAN 1400 WORDS YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A “D” GRADE WITH NO FEEDBACK.