Holocaust Workshop

University of Idaho

Dept. of English
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441102
Moscow, ID 83844-1102

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A Holocaust Journey:  
Classroom Encounters

This was Session W.8 (Workshop 8), one of the pre-conference workshops at the Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.  It took place on Wednesday, March 24, 1999 in Atlanta from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. 

Why teach the Holocaust? What happens when you do? The leaders of this workshop have struggled with these questions. All are teachers of writing who have explored Holocaust issues in a variety of settings: freshman comp, interdisciplinary courses for upper level students, special topics seminars.  Rather than prescribe a particular approach to such difficult and disturbing material, we will use reading, writing, and videotaped excerpts to engage with participants in an inquiry into the meaning of this work both for our students and for ourselves. We welcome colleagues who have worked with this material and those who are looking to find a way into it.

Sample Teaching Materials:

Annotated Bibliography - compiled by all the workshop leaders.

The Holocaust: Yesterday's History, Today's Response - Lehman College CUNY - Sondra Perl

English 102 - College Writing and Rhetoric, Univ. of Idaho - Terryn Berry

English 1302 - Computer Assisted Writing - Texas A&M in Corpus Christi - Janis Haswell

English 102 - College Writing and Rhetoric, Univ. of Idaho - Gordon Thomas

English 205 - Advanced Expository Writing, Univ. of Idaho - Gordon Thomas

English 309 - Advanced Prose Writing, Univ. of Idaho - Gordon Thomas

English 404 - Special Topics - Univ. of Idaho - Gordon Thomas

English 501 - The Holocaust as a Topic in Writing and Literature Classes - Gordon Thomas

Handouts Useful for Viewing Excerpts of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah - Gordon Thomas.

Other handouts from Gordon Thomas, Univ. of Idaho.

Partial book manuscript:

The Holocaust: A Resource for Writing Teachers by Gordon Thomas, Univ. of Idaho.

Article on Art Spiegelman's Maus by Gordon Thomas, Univ. of Idaho: "Graphic Autobiography: Using Art Spiegelman's Maus in a Composition Class."

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