Memories of Survival |
Publication Information
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Author: Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal & Steinhardt, Bernice |
Illustrator: Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal |
Title: Memories of Survival |
Date: 2005 |
Publisher: Art and Remembrance |
City: Washington, D.C. |
ISBN, paperback: 978-0-615-35727-0 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
Yes |
Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
memoirs/reminiscences, easy reading, biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
A mother and daughter create a narrative in stitchery and text of the mother's life in Poland during the Nazi occupation.This collection of memories of the holocaust provides a first hand account of danger, despair and hope. The detailed tapestries provide a new way to look at a familiar event in history. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book makes an interesting addition to a text set on the Holocaust. The author's introduction suggests discussion and writing about the why and how of telling personal stories of the Holocaust--and any devastating community trauma or disaster--is important for the teller and the listeners.
The book can be used to collect students' stories and illustrations based on a historical incident in their lives (i.e. 9/11, Katrina)
Use for further reading about the holocaust. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Sketch to Stretch
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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