We were proud to be part of two sessions at the California Association of Teachers of English conference March 9-11. Thanks to all who joined us, and for those who could not come in person, here’s a taste of what we shared.
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Topics: Literature
"Take This Giant Leap" is the title of Reading 1 Chapter 9 in Facing History and Ourselves' newest 4th Edition of
Holocaust and Human Behavior
. These words are found in the Sonia Weitz poem entitled "For Yom Ha'Shoah" (Day of Holocaust Remembrance):
Come take this giant leap with me
into the other world...the other place
where language fails and imagery defies,
denies man's consciousness...and dies
upon the alter of insanity
Come, take this giant leap with me
into the other world...the other place
and trace the eclipse of humanity...
where children burned while mankind stood by
and the universe has yet to learn why
...has yet to learn why
Topics: Holocaust and Human Behavior, Literature