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Seminar: Teaching the Holocaust: Bearing Witness


Consider, is this a Man? Retaining Humanity in the Face of Dehumanizing Narratives

Benjamin Hover 2014
Keywords: bearing witness, Common Core Standards, Concentration Camps, Death Fugue, Holocaust Literature, Holocaust Music, Literature, Middle Years Literacy, Resistance to Nazis, survivor testimony

One Story, Innumerable Losses: Themes in Genocide

Brynn Allison McGinn 2014
Keywords: close reading, genocide, History, Holocaust, Literature, Rwanda, witness testimonies, writing

In their Shoes: Teaching the Holocaust through the Journey of a Chain of Witnesses, Survivors, and Rescuers

Stacia D. Parker 2014
Keywords: advocacy, bearing witness, History, rescuers, survivors, testimony, world history

I, Too, Bear Witness: An Analysis of Dehumanization through Testimonies of the Holocaust

Margery Willis 2014
Keywords: active listening, Auschwitz, bearing witness, close reading, dehumanization, memoirs, survivor testimony, The Holocaust, USC Shoah Foundation, video testimony

Bearing Witness through Narration

Karen J. Burrell 2014
Keywords: Holocaust, literacy, Literature, narration, stories, writing

We All Have A Story to Tell…

Nicole Flores 2014
Keywords: fiction, Holocaust, journals, nonfiction, religion, religious beliefs, writing

Getting Stuck in the Telling: The Dichotomous Nature of Urgent Tales Analyzing and Crafting Accounts that Bear Witness

Julie Mikolajewski 2014
Keywords: consumption approach, History, Holocaust, literacy, Literature, storytelling

Teaching the Holocaust in Kindergarten Classrooms

Krista Spera 2014
Keywords: 20th century, discrimination, Holocaust, Holocaust education, kindergarten

Heart to Heart: Adolescents Connect to Holocaust Survivors

Joan Taylor 2014
Keywords: History, Holocaust, survivors, video transcripts

Seminar: That's My Song! Musical Genre as Social Contract


From Civil Rights to #BlackLivesMatter: The Music Is the Movement

Amanda Schear 2017
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights Movement, Compare and contrast, Informational text, literacy, Music, Protest movements, Protest music, Social change, social justice

The Music of New Orleans and How It Shaped Its Culture

Chanelle Harley 2017
Keywords: History, Reading, social studies, writing

Music as Activism: Warrior’s Don’t Cry and Protest in the Civil Rights Movement

Renae Curless 2017
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Civil Rights Movement, integration, little rock, melba patillo beals, Music, poetry, racism, segregation

Seminar: The Aesthetics of Hip Hop


Bridging the Gap: Hip-Hop and the Second Generation English Romantic Poets

John J. Grob 2008
Keywords: contemporary era, English, Hip-Hop Rap poets, inquiry-based project, poetry, Second Generation English Romantic poets

The Sankofa – Hip Hop Connection

Karen L. Brinkley 2008
Keywords: analyze and critique, comparative analysis, Critical thinking, Ghana, hip-hop, importance of music, movies, past traditions, primary source documents, rap music, sankofa, Technology, Twi language

Dissecting Lyrics

Lisa Katzer 2008
Keywords: 4th Grade, 5th grade, display, dissecting lyrics, figurative language, hip-hop, listening skills, meaning and awareness, meaningful learning, perform, rap music, vocabulary, writing poetry

Using Rap Lyrics as a Resource in the Secondary English Classroom

Lisa Kelly 2008
Keywords: African American, African-based American art form, analyze, Bronx, city students, comments on current events, enjoy, literary devices, literary skills, literary styles, rap music, rap tells stories, relevant to student life, tells stories, trace themes

Scratching beyond the Surface: Hip Hop and Its Art of Persuasion

Samuel A. Reed, III 2008
Keywords: commercial and community, Critical thinking, hip-hop, hip-hop lyrics, media literacy, non-print media, persuasion, persuasive digital stories, persuasive techniques, persuasive writing, rap music, Reading, social studies, traditional literacy, writing

Seminar: The Biology of Food


You Gonna Eat That?

Glenza Lowman 2014
Keywords: Biology, EEEW, English, Food, healthy lifestyle, Science

Seminar: The City in History


Studying Mexico City Through Many Layers

Meghan Agnew 2020
Keywords: city systems, Mexico city, Mexico history

Seminar: The Dark Fantastic: Reading Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comics to Change the World


Dark Matters

Valerie Adams 2020
Keywords: black hole, CER framework, dark fantastic, ebony elizabeth thomas, imagination, milky way galaxy