Creating Borderlands: a multi-genre approach

“Borderlands are physically present wherever two or more cultures edge each other; where people of different races occupy the same territory, where under, lower, middle and upper classes touch, where the space between two individuals shrinks with intimacy.” Anzaldua

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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GRADE NINE ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH

Interview with author John Boyne

NIght and Fog (documentary)

Rose Blanche (children's storybook), Roberto Innocenti

SCHINDLER'S LIST (MOVIE)

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS (NOVEL), JOHN BOYNE

WE ARE WITNESSES: 5 DIARIES OF TEENAGERS WHO DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST, JACOB BOAS

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The Crayon Box That Talked - Children's Literature

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie )

1. Are you:

2. Have you ever participated in a blog?

3. Was this your first classroom blogging experience?

4. What expression best describes this blogging experience?

5. Rate this blogging experience.

6. What aspect of classroom blogging did you enjoy most?

7. What aspect of classroom blogging did you least enjoy?

8. What part of classroom blogging was the best learning experience?

9. After posting on the classroom blog, how did you feel?

10. Has this classroom blogging experience helped you learn about other cultures?

11. Has this classroom blogging experience helped you understand the importance of border crossing and intermingling with other cultures?

12. Did the multi-genre unit on the Holocaust make you reflect more on:

13. Which genre did you enjoy most?

14. Which genre was the most effective in learning about the Jewish culture?

15. Which genre was the most effective in learning about the German culture

16. Which genre made you reflect about your own culture?

17. Which genre created the most classroom discussion

18. What part of this unit did you enjoy the most?

20. Would you enjoy participating in a similar unit where you had the opportunity to intermingle with different cultures?

19. Rate the Creating Borderlands unit:

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