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2006-04-03 Thread Andrea Rapp
I think I heard that Tucker Carlson will have a spot about this school activity tonight on his MSNBC program. Andrea Ha-Safran (The Librarian) Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questio

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2006-04-03 Thread Joseph I. Lauer
This supplements my Thursday, March 30, 2006 posting regarding a September 2005 Smithsonian Magazine article about a 1968 experiment to teach Iowa third graders about racial prejudice, and its aftermath. Some letters to the editor regarding that article, published in the magazine's November

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2006-03-30 Thread Joseph I. Lauer
Those interested in the Florida experiment to teach school children about discrimination through a school's "Holocaust" project may wish to read about a 1968 experiment to teach Iowa third graders about racial prejudice, and its aftermath. The article, "Lesson of a Lifetime," may be read in

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2006-03-30 Thread Andrea Rapp
I agree with Chaim. And if you don't think that simulation exercises can be used to teach students the evils of Israelis and the travails of their supposed Palestinian victims, well, come to my presentation at the convention this year! History classes should teach history, not get involved in

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2006-03-30 Thread Chaim Singer-Frankes
To chime in on this, simulation experiments are highly problematic to say the least. The context of Jewish identity, removed from history, thousands of years of civilization, culture, learning - summarily distilled into a symbol on a garment is a disservice to the whole enterprise. Yes, the Nazis

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2006-03-30 Thread Bernie Levy
I read the article and came away with the thought that schools all over the US should have similar class experiments, not only to learn what Jews went through in the holocaust but what African-Americans (aka Negroes, blacks) went through in the south and still today throughout the USA. I don't kno

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2006-03-30 Thread Lisa Silverman
You should all really see this Florida news report about an experiment in "Holocaust education" http://www.local6.com/news/8345157/detail.html?taf=orlpn Lisa Silverman Library Director Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library 10400 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024 310-481-3215 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ha-S