Post #8 - Reflections on The Single Story

Students are required to spend some time reading and reflecting on peer's initial posts to the TEDtalk "The Single Story".  Please comment on two peer posts . For each of your posts begin your comments/reflections with, " My response to Post #7 written by (name of student) is..." 

Post #7: Digital Media - The single story

Students are asked to post their reactions, comments, questions, opinions on "The Single Story." How does the theme (main message) of this discussion influence your understanding & views of the Jewish and German cultures?

Post #6: Reflections on Documentary

Students are required to spend some time reading and reflecting on peer's initial posts to the documentary Night and Fog. Please comment on two peer posts . For each of your posts begin your comments/reflections with, " My response to Post #5 written by (name of student) is..." 

Post #5: The Documentary

We are building cultural awareness through a different medium:  The documentary.  Share you thoughts and feeling about Night and Fog - a documentary that shows man's violence toward man and presents the unsettling suggestion that such horrors could come again.  Has this documentary shed new light on Jewish and German culture?  Has it increased your knowledge of these two cultures?  How does this relate to the novel and the interview?  Do these images make you pose questions about your own family culture/s?

Post #4 - novel and interview

Inter-cultural connections:  Discovering and learning about others promotes cultural awareness and fosters reflection about our own culture resulting in culturally responsive citizens of the world.

Reflect on this statement using the novel and the interview

In the interview section also discuss how the interview has shed new light, new points of view, new questions about the Jewish and German cultures.

Post #3: Final Reactions - novel

Students are asked to post their final reactions, comments, questions, opinions on "Boy in the Striped Pygamas.

Post #2: Reflections- novel

Students are required to spend some time reading and reflecting on peer's initial posts to Boy In The Striped Pajamas. Please comment on two peer posts . For each of your posts begin your comments/reflections with, " My response to Post #1 written by (name of student) is..." 

Post #1 Initial Reactions - novel

Students are asked to post their initial reactions, comments, questions, opinions on "Boy in the Striped Pygamas.