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Bearing Witness

Publication Information
Author:  Rochman, Hazel & McCampbell, Darlene (Eds.) Illustrator:  
Title:  Bearing Witness Date:  1995
Publisher:  Orchard Books City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-531-09488-X ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:  

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, nonfiction, poetry, diaries and journals, short stories

GED Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
This selection of powerful personal stories of the Holocaust in various literary and artistic forms gives testimony of the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. A map of concentration camps, a bibliography, and brief introductory notes for each excerpt are included.

Teaching Ideas:
Because the book attempts to deal with the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust, students may want to read on their own before choosing what to discuss. General response strategies such as journal entries and Bleich's Heuristic would work well. The book complements other recommended tradebooks on the Holocaust. Local libraries may have supplementary materials and original complete works, i.e., videos of Shoah. "Booklinks," a publication also available at the library, has an article by Hochman in the January 1998 issue on Holocaust teaching suggestions. Hitler: www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet History > topic > war > World War II > Holocaust
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > betrayal
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > human strength
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loss
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > taking risks
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > values > inhumanity
bullet Social Science > sociology > social issues > racism > prejudice
bullet Literature and Language > poetry


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