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Aesthetic Shapes Of Holocaust Literature And Pedagogical Applications, Kate A. Bonacorsi Apr 2018

Aesthetic Shapes Of Holocaust Literature And Pedagogical Applications, Kate A. Bonacorsi

All NMU Master's Theses

This project specifically examines three narratives that are part of the genre of Holocaust Literature: Elie Wiesel’s Night, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and the way in which each of these texts contributes to collective Holocaust memory and traumatic literature: as a memoir, graphic novel, and work of fiction, respectively. The paper draws on Anne Whitehead’s work on memory, as well as other trauma and memory theorists: Cathy Caruth, Pierre Nora, Maurice Halbwachs, and Marianne Hirsch to offer a close rhetorical and structural analysis of each text analyzed through a traumatic theoretical lens. …


Considering Ells When Planning Lessons, Jim Ewing Jan 2018

Considering Ells When Planning Lessons, Jim Ewing

Faculty Publications

Teachers typically prepare lesson plans for non-ELLs and then attempt to “retrofit” lesson plans for ELLs. This article offers suggestions for planning mathematics lessons that meet ELLs’ needs.