My idea for
a group project would be to possibly bring in a group speaker. A group speaker who could explain exactly how
a great tragedy can happen to an entire nation, without the public having any idea. Someone like Dr. Geoff Megargee, who is an
editor of the Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. He is visiting Pennsylvania universities to
talk about the Holocaust. We, as a
class, read two books, one about a futuristic world where everything crumbled,
and another where secrets were hidden from the society by the government. I believe having a guest speaker like Dr. Megargee, could help us understand how and why the government can keep secrets,
and how the world can in fact crumble slowly but surely without the people’s
knowledge. As a class we could evaluate
whether we believe something similar to the Holocaust could ever happen again,
but more specifically happen here in America.
We could research other places as well that have experienced genocide,
and through that open our eyes a little more to the outside world and it’s
possibilities.
Gabby,
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea. I helped build a school building in Rwanda for orphans of the genocide there in 2006. Yours is a suggestion close to my heart. I definitely think we could get a speaker here -- although many come with a steep price tag and we'd have to be savvy about how to raise the money... (I believe we can do it, in any event!). I really like the idea of learning more about secrets that might be lurking right beneath our noses...
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