First, second, and seventh periods finished the anticipatory lesson for a unit on The Diary of Anne Frank. As such, we had an today, drawing on students’ prior knowledge of the Holocaust and making it personal through a series of reflective writing exercises. To do this, we looked at a slide show I created about [...]
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Read the rest of this entry »One of the loveliest times to be in Poland is on November 1, All Saints’ Day. It is a time of meeting with family, reuniting with old friends, and remember those who have passed away.
The day begins with a trip to the cemetery. Everyone cleans off their grandfather’s, their grandmother’s, their brother’s, their aunt’s grave [...]
He was a kind young man who, with the help of his parents, had his own general store at the age of twenty-five. He spoke slowly and laughed easily. I often leaned against the counter in his store, sipping a Coke and chatting about nothing in particular.
Shop Keeper, Lipnica Wielka, Poland
Obviously, no updates today. I leave you with a picture from my seven years in Poland:
Lipnica Wielka, Poland, October 31, 2001
August 30, 2001
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