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friggasgirl

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Oct 01, 2009 09:41

Writing a lesson plan on The Holocaust is probably the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.

And I have to teach it to the class.

How am I going to make it through without weeping when I can't even watch the end scene of Schindler's List (which is one of the lessons) without breaking down.

I sure picked a doozy for myself, didn't I.

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baldurrising October 1 2009, 14:26:06 UTC

My friend Callie plays horn for the Winnipeg Symphony. They were hired to be the orchestra for the world premiere of the Rock Oratoria "I Believe" which was based on the Holocaust.

Written by a man who was blatantly not a Jew, and who made a point of calling any critic who disliked the show a Holocaust Denier.

The orchestra HATED the production. Imagine if the Cast of American Idol were doing an Oratorio with no musical value and every cliche thrown in.

They had T-Shirts made that on the front said "I Believe I Survived" and on the back "I survived I Believe."

If anyone doesn't like your presentation, call them a Holocaust Denier.

baldurrising October 1 2009, 15:07:47 UTC

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/detour/hold-your-applause-46538652.html

brujaoscura October 1 2009, 19:40:19 UTC

Sometimes you HAVE to teach the hard things for you to handle. And you know- the more it touches you- them more emphasis you seem to place on it ( ... )

jinglebellz61 October 1 2009, 20:53:33 UTC

Sascha,
You ALWAYS come up with your best work when you do it on something you're passionate about. Am I right?

You can do this. And a tear in your eye may indicate to your class that this is not just any old lesson by rote... You'll make the subject important to THEM too.

mannie711 October 1 2009, 22:36:40 UTC

But I cry when I'm teaching Beowulf...

autumnquest October 1 2009, 23:20:42 UTC

I think showing that it affects you will make the lesson more powerful for the class. I think it's a heavy subject and it was taught to me without any emotion in HS. It didn't affect me the way it should have except when photos were shown to me, but my teacher didn't seem affected by it, so I didn't get it until speaking with a woman we knew who had the numbers on her arm who lived in a concentration camp then visiting the holocaust museum.

You'll do fine.