Steven Speilberg's documentary - "Survivors of the Shoah" is appropriate and compelling. I highly recommend it. heidi
-----Original Message----- >From: Diane Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 24, 2008 12:03 PM >To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" ><[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Holocaust resource > >thank you so much for this link. I am teaching my fifth graders about this now >and reading Number the Stars. The documentary sounds a little graphic. Do you >think it is appropriate for fifth graders? > >diane > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Kuenzl-Stenerson Kay >Sent: Thu 4/24/2008 11:00 AM >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Subject: [MOSAIC] Holocaust resource > > > >Last night, I just watched a Documentary that I got through Netflix titled >Forgiving Dr. Mengele. This is about a surviving twin who as a victim found >peace by forgiving. I thought it was so powerful because Eva Kor looks like >anyone's grandma. The story of what happens to twins at Auschwitz is told, >but it also links what happened to real people who have had to live with it >and to now. Eva has a Holocaust museum in Terre Haute, Indiana. And it was >firebombed so kids can see that things still happen. But the theme that I >thought was most important was how forgiveness is frees the victim and that >good can come from evil You might want to check it out. Eva also has a book, >titled below. >Click below and it will take you to Amazon. >Forgiving Dr. Mengele ><http://oasd-mail/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.amazon.com/Forgiving-Dr-Mengele-Cheri-Pugh/dp/B000MAFXQO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8%26s=dvd%26qid=1209047308%26sr=8-2> > Echoes from Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele's Twins: The story of Eva and Miriam >Mozes ><http://oasd-mail/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Auschwitz-Mengeles-Twins-Miriam/dp/0964380765/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8%26s=books%26qid=1209047308%26sr=8-3> > by Eva Moses Kor and Mary Wright (Paperback) >Kay Kuenzl-Stenerson > Literacy Coach > Merrill Middle School > > >"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to >say, 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then >there are those, who see the need and respond. I consider those people my >heroes." ~ Fred Rogers > >________________________________ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wed 4/23/2008 11:00 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 20, Issue 23 > > > >Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > <http://oasd-mail/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> > >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Less is More Book Review (Rhonda Brinkman) > 2. Re: Leveled books ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 3. Re: Leveled books ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 4. Re: Leveled books (Lisa Glos) > 5. Re: Leveled books (HERBERT Suzanne) > 6. Re: Less is More Book Review (HERBERT Suzanne) > 7. Re: Leveled books (Huttner, Nicole) > 8. Re: Leveled books (Beverlee Paul) > 9. Re: Leveled books (Beverlee Paul) > 10. Re: Leveled books (HERBERT Suzanne) > 11. Re: Leveled books (alison walters) > 12. Re: Leveled books (HERBERT Suzanne) > 13. Re: Leveled books (ljackson) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:33:23 -0500 (CDT) >From: "Rhonda Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Less is More Book Review >To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > >Hello Heather, > > I am waiting for the copy of "Less is More Book" from the library. But >in the meantime I'd you love the titles you have used to coincide with >the Diary of Anne Frank. Thanks so much! > > >Rhonda > > > > >Heather wrote: > We are beginning a holocaust unit in 8th grade. Typically we have >the students read The Diary of Anne Frank and The Devil's >Arithmetic. The unit would take forever because of the amount of >time that we had to give them in class to read. I am excited to say >that we are adding picture books, short stories and graphic novels >to our collection of books available to the students. > > > > >Kay Kuenzl-Stenerson > Literacy Coach > Merrill Middle School > > >"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to >say, 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then >there are those, who see the need and respond. I consider those people my >heroes." ~ Fred Rogers >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
