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Teaching Night in the secondary classroom
Title
Teaching Night in the secondary classroom.
Creator
Loput, Dyanne K., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
As a secondary-level educator of literature and writing, I have observed the fundamental need for a sensitive, well-developed curriculum in the art of teaching Eliezer Wiesel's Night to high school students. This thesis contextualizes Wiesel's memoir by examining the history of Jewish persecution, the Holocaust itself, and Wiesel's background. Educational strategies and activities that use both literary analysis and creative writing to engender a comprehensive and thorough realization of the...
Show moreAs a secondary-level educator of literature and writing, I have observed the fundamental need for a sensitive, well-developed curriculum in the art of teaching Eliezer Wiesel's Night to high school students. This thesis contextualizes Wiesel's memoir by examining the history of Jewish persecution, the Holocaust itself, and Wiesel's background. Educational strategies and activities that use both literary analysis and creative writing to engender a comprehensive and thorough realization of the history as expressed through the literature are elucidated. Additionally, several ways in which teachers may lead students to examine the effects, implications, and ramifications of Wiesel's legacy are supplied.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2705075
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Study and teaching, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Study and teaching
Format
Document (PDF)
Telomeres
Title
Telomeres.
Creator
Oquendo, Nicole., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Telomeres is a manuscript-length lyric essay in many parts that traces the relationship of the narrator and her father as they both navigate the landscape of post-traumatic stress disorder after his return from Vietnam.
Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359283
Subject Headings
Post-traumatic stress disorder, Fathers and daughters, VIetnam War, 1961-1975, Veterans, Mental health, Veterans, Mental health
Format
Document (PDF)
Trilling R's
Title
Trilling R's: meditations on immigration, assimilation, and language.
Creator
O'Brien, Shannon., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Immigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people...
Show moreImmigration has become a hot button issue across the United States. Television newsmen dedicate hours of time to excoriate the "illegal invasion." I viewed the immigration debate as something not directly concerning me. I am a legal citizen of Hispanic descent. My mother is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. However, as the government conducted raids looking for illegal immigrants, my mother became more aware of her place as a Mexican woman living in the Midwest. She wondered whether people would assume she was illegal because of her accent and appearance. Our discussions prompted me to think about of my place in the story, and about my lack of connection with the Hispanic culture. I set out to interview migrants living in South Florida, and to document my and my mother's experience with immigration and assimilation.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186683
Subject Headings
Emigration and immigration, Assimilation (Sociology), Pluralism (Social sciences), Social adjustment, Hispanic Americans, Cultural assimilation, Emigration and immigration, Government policy
Format
Document (PDF)
Progress, Regress
Title
Progress, Regress.
Creator
Maher, Michelle., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Progress, Regress examines the narrator's journey through the world of mental illness. Psychologist Lisa James has a new client, six-year-old Megan Cooper, who has been diagnosed with child-onset schizophrenia. Megan's young age and the severity of her illness rattle Lisa, and make her question not only her role as a psychologist and a mother, but also her own mental state.
Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360951
Subject Headings
Mental illness, Mentally ill children, Family relationships, Schizophrenia in children, Patients
Format
Document (PDF)
Pseudoscience
Title
Pseudoscience.
Creator
Shier, Mike., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Pseudoscience is a collection of nonfiction essays analyzing the origins and methodologies or various pseudoscientific practices against the backdrop of events from the narrator's life that mirror those practices in some way. Pseudoscience is unverifiable. Pseudoscience is unverifiable.
Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359285
Subject Headings
Pseudoscience, Thought and thinking, Reasoning (Psychology)
Format
Document (PDF)