Maus Digital Portfolio

Name: Period: Due Date:

PROMPT: After completing the WebQuest notes, create an informative webpage that explains each of the following:

1. OPINION: What may have motivated neighbors to ostracize, attack and kill their Jewish neighbors?
2. RESEARCH: What factors caused the rapid growth of the Nazi Party in the 1920s? Why were the Nazis so
successful at acquiring political power? How did German propaganda influence the minds of the German
people?
3. SYNTHESIS: Jewish survivors have chosen the phrases Never forget and Never again as mottoes for
remembering the Holocaust. Why do you think they chose these phrases, and do you think it is important that
we never forget the Holocaust? How could the Holocaust have been stopped? How could a tragedy such as
genocide be prevented in the future?

Format:

Cite specific evidence from your chart notes within your explanations
Remember to use MLA format when citing the sources from the internet (non-print)
Include relevant images or media to engage an audience
Examples: map of Europe, links to videos of Holocaust survivor stories, images of Nazi Germany
Include the provided title for your webpage:
Maus Portfolio
Organize your information using the three guiding prompts
Publish your website and post the link for your website on Google Classroom in the Comment section with
your full name and in the space below

Creating a Website: Create a free account using the Weebly link below then design your web page.
1. Go to: https://www.weebly.com/
a. Teacher Example: http://mauseng10.weebly.com
b. My Weebly link is:
c. My Weebly username/email:
d. My Weebly password:
2. Click on Theme to add a layout to your web page
3. Click Pages to create a page for each section of your website
a. WebQuest
i. Opinion
ii. Research
iii. Synthesis
4. Click Build in order to add elements such as a title, text, and images that correspond with the prompt
5. Edit and revise to create a professional presentation of information free of grammatical errors
6. Click Publish when you want to update your web page
 Maus Digital Portfolio

Writing Rough Draft: How will you respond to each section of the prompt?

1. OPINION: What may have motivated neighbors to ostracize, attack and kill their Jewish neighbors?

2. RESEARCH: What factors caused the rapid growth of the Nazi Party in the 1920s? Why were the Nazis so successful
at acquiring political power? How did German propaganda influence the minds of the German people?

3. SYNTHESIS: Jewish survivors have chosen the phrases Never forget and Never again as mottoes for
remembering the Holocaust. Why do you think they chose these phrases, and do you think it is important that we never
forget the Holocaust? How could the Holocaust have been stopped? How could a tragedy such as genocide be prevented
in the future?