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Daniel’s Story by Carol Matas

** Reading Activity Sheets **


 * Chapters 1 and 2 **

** A. **** Vocabulary **

// Make sure you know the meaning of these words before you read. //

// Use a dictionary if necessary //.

Disoriented= to lose ones way.

Emigrate= to leave ones country or region to settle in another.

Defiantly= boldly resist or challenge

Specific= specified, precise, or particular

Vermin= noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animal

Dispose= to give tendency or inclination to

Visa = an endorsement made by an authorized representative

Pogrom = an organized massacre, especially of Jews

Ghetto = a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area.

** B. **** Read Chapters 1 and 2. **

** C. **** Understanding the Novel. **

// Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Refer to the novel if necessary //.

1. Daniel and his family are traveling to an unknown destination. Why?

Daniel and his Family are traveling to an unknown destination because Germans didn't want Jews in their Country anymore so Adolf Hitler was sending all Jews to Concentration camps.

2. How did Daniel feel about schools?

Daniel felt bad about school; his teacher was very strict and didn’t show him respect, so he didn’t show them respect and this ended up with him getting kicked out of school and put into a Jewish school.

3. Why was the Brown Shirt standing outside the door of the hardware store?

The Brown shirt was standing outside the front of the hardware store because the owners were Jews and all Jew companies were to be terminated; orders of Adolf Hitler.

4. Daniel enjoyed the Jewish school and was happy there. Why?

Daniel enjoyed and was happy at the Jewish school because he was shown respect there and his uncle worked there.

5. How did the Nuremberg Laws affect the family?

The Nuremburg Laws affected the family by, making them move into a ghetto, and having JEW written on their shop window.

6. How did Daniel’s nightmare change his father’s attitude to staying in Germany?

Daniels nightmare changed his father's attitude to staying in the ghetto to not wanting to stay in the ghetto because he saw how scared Daniel was.

** D. **** Thinking About the Novel **

// These questions ask for your ideas and opinions. Therefore there are no incorrect answers. You must, however give reasons and justify your answers. //

1. Look up the word propaganda in your dictionary.

What does it mean?

The deliberate spreading of such information; rumors.

How does it relate to the section of the novel you just have read?

'Propaganda' relates to my story because at this time the Germans are spreading awful rumors that Jews were the fault of them losing WWI.

2. In the 1930’s, Jews in Germany were divided over whether to stay of leave the country.

This is reflected in the opinions of Daniel’s family.

Daniels family wanted to leave because Daniel started having nightmares, and Daniel got kicked out of his school.

In two of three paragraphs explain these opinions.

Some Jews wanted to stay in Germany because all their family, friends, businesses, and belongings were there. they didn't want to leave the place they grew up in. Some Jews wanted to leave Germany because they were scared of what was going to happen to them, and the were getting annoyed with the new laws against them.