Time's Arrow | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

AMS - This is an organization that provides medical services.

Lisbon - This is the port city of Portugal, in extreme Eastern Europe.

Auschwitz - This is one of the most efficient German death camps, where hundreds of thousands of Jews were killed.

Sprinkleroom - This is a euphemism for the fake shower rooms where people were murdered with poison gas.

Zyklon B - This is a chemical pellet used to produce poison gas in German gas chambers.