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From: Edward T. Sullivan <sully>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:19:40 -0400 (EDT)
On that note, Lois Lowry was speaking in Knoxville the other day mentioned that she was going to be speaking at a Day of Remembrance event but had been warned by organizers that a large group of neo-Nazis planned to protest at the event.
> Yesterday I went to amazon.com and started reading reader reviews of
> Anne Frank, Night, Number the Stars, and Daniel's Story (as they seem
> to be the most commonly assigned books in school Holocaust units).
> Noticing that many seemed to be by students done as a school
> assignment, I resorted them in order to read the "lowest rated first"
> and that was quite something. There are a few adult ones (including
> some Holocaust deniers --- just to warn you), but the ones that I
> really urge you to read are by kids. I think these negative kid
> reviews are a wake-up call to us as to how removed they can be from
> this period in history, how muddled their facts can become, and how
> the adult goal of having them become more knowledgeable, empathetic,
> and tolerance is far from being achieved.
>
> Monica
>
>
> Monica Edinger
> The Dalton School
> New York NY
> edinger at dalton.org
> monicaedinger at gmail.com
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Ed Sullivan, M.S.L.S. 103 Oneida Lane Oak Ridge, TN, 37830
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans"
-John Lennon-
Received on Sun 23 Apr 2006 07:19:40 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:19:40 -0400 (EDT)
On that note, Lois Lowry was speaking in Knoxville the other day mentioned that she was going to be speaking at a Day of Remembrance event but had been warned by organizers that a large group of neo-Nazis planned to protest at the event.
> Yesterday I went to amazon.com and started reading reader reviews of
> Anne Frank, Night, Number the Stars, and Daniel's Story (as they seem
> to be the most commonly assigned books in school Holocaust units).
> Noticing that many seemed to be by students done as a school
> assignment, I resorted them in order to read the "lowest rated first"
> and that was quite something. There are a few adult ones (including
> some Holocaust deniers --- just to warn you), but the ones that I
> really urge you to read are by kids. I think these negative kid
> reviews are a wake-up call to us as to how removed they can be from
> this period in history, how muddled their facts can become, and how
> the adult goal of having them become more knowledgeable, empathetic,
> and tolerance is far from being achieved.
>
> Monica
>
>
> Monica Edinger
> The Dalton School
> New York NY
> edinger at dalton.org
> monicaedinger at gmail.com
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Ed Sullivan, M.S.L.S. 103 Oneida Lane Oak Ridge, TN, 37830
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans"
-John Lennon-
Received on Sun 23 Apr 2006 07:19:40 PM CDT
