Teaching Guide - Core Standards
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.3b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6
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The Question and Answer section for MAUS is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Right away, we went. The sanitarium was inside Czechoslovakia, one of the most expensive and beautiful in the world.
Anja, Vladek's wife and Spiegelman's mother, went to a sanatorium in Czechoslovakia in 1938.
Vladek wants to go to Hungary in order to escape the danger and uncertainty of his life, as well as Anja's. Hungary represents hope and safety.
The visual device used to show the difference betweem Vladek and Anja is that Anja has a tail protruding from under her coat, a detail that emphasizes her Jewish identity.