Clare, I am not sure I understand. Are you saying that the students had read all 13 of the books you listed, including longer titles like Checkpoints, and Habibi? I also want to ask: do you feel the students were *knowledgeable* enough about the history and background to evaluate these books as to accuracy, bias, etc?Andrea PS: I went to the Reframing Israel site to print up their list of recommended titles that we've been discussing, and the list seems to be gone: "Page Can't be Found." A number of the links are gone, actually. If anyone has the list, perhaps s/he could send it to me.
I had the students summarize each piece and then we discussed the issues of balance (giving equal time or space to both Palestinians and Israelis; fairness (trying to convey the truth of the situation); perspective (things look different based on where you are sitting), and bias (which aims to advocate for one side or another). I then had them evaluate the following 13 books on each of the four qualities. It was a good class. Bashi, Golbarg. P is for Palestine: A Palestine alphabet book. New York, NY, Dr. Bashi, 2017. Cohen Corasanti, Michelle. The almond tree. Reading, UK :$b$, Garnet Publishing, 2012. Ellis, Deborah. The cat at the wall. Toronto, Groundwood Books, 2014. Folman, Ari. Waltz with Bashir : a Lebanon war story. New York, Metropolitan Books, 2009. Fontes, Justine and Ron. A to Z Israel. New York, Children's Press, Scholastic, 2003. Glidden, Sarah. How to understand Israel in 60 days or less. New York, Vertigo/DC Comics, 2010. Levine, Anna. Running on eggs. Chicago, Front Street/Cricket Books, 1999. Levy, Marilyn. Checkpoints. Philadelphia, PA, Jewish Publication Society, 2008. Lieberman, Leanne. The book of trees. Victoria, BC Custer, WA, Orca Book Publishers, 2010. Nye, Naomi Shihab. Habibi : Naomi Shihab Nye. New York, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. Nye, Naomi Shihab. Sitti's secrets. New York Toronto New York, Four Winds Press Maxwell Macmillan Canada Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994. Williams, Emma. The story of Hurry. New York, Seven Stories Press, 2014. On opposite sides : inside the same frame : Israelis and Palestinians voice their hopes and concerns about the peace process : a photographic essay by Americans for Peace Now /. Beverly Hills, CA, 2005. Clare Kinberg, Temple Beth Emeth Ann Arbor __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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