When I signed up for the program, I knew there was an educational component that we had to commit to, and that the Regional Jewish Communities of Ontario would be sending us a package of educational materials. Well…I never expected this:
When they said I’d be receiving a FedEx with educational materials in it to prepare for the trip, I was thinking one of those large mailers with some information. There are DVDs, VHS movies, Boxed sets, books, teaching guides, lesson plan books, booklets, I am utterly flabbergasted. I felt like calling them just to double-check, “Do we actually get to keep all this?”
This is what the large box waiting for me on the deck when I arrived home contained:
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Experiential Teaching Kit – One Survivor Remembers
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The Azrieli Series 1 of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs (this is a set of books, which came in its own box)
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DVD and Teacher’s Guide for Nicholas Winton – The Power of Good
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A Partisan’s Memoir by Faye Schulman (book)
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Theresienstadt: The Town the Nazis Gave to the Jews by Vera Schiff (book)
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None Is Too Many by Irving Abella and Harold Troper (book)
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War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris L. Bergen (book)
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DVD: Six Short Films (collection of testimonies from former partisans with study guide)
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Schindler’s List – Box set with the movie on two VHS tapes, a CD from the movie, the book, a study guide and a teacher’s guide
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Booklet – Selected Lesson Plans used in Poland (translated into English)
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RJCO Holocaust Education Resource Booklet (RJCO = Regional Jewish Communities of Ontario)
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Biography of Mr. Bill Glied, a Holocaust survivor who will accompany us on our trip
This was most unexpected and very welcome, I feel a slight decline in my GPA coming on as I struggle between intersession course work and devouring these materials.
Wish me luck!
