I want you to skim the following article and share some of the insights that you have after reading through it. Why do you think survivors share their stories?
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=7
This blog entry is due Friday, March 4 at 4:00. Anything past that time will lose substantial credit.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
An American Perspective
What do you think about his experiences? Please reflect on what you just witnessed and provide examples from the video for support.
An American Perspective
What do you think about his experiences? Please reflect with examples from the video.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Bystander Effect
Last week we read a student poem in which the poet wrote as if she was a witness to the events of the Holocaust.The person in the poem choose to just "walk away," even though the person knew that Jews were being mistreated. When someone sees wrong occuring but makes the choice not to act, that is called being a bystander.
The Holocaust is not the only time in which people were bystanders. It is a common thing that all of us have been guilty of at some points in our lives. Here is another example of someone being a bystander.
Assignment
How is the scenario below an example of someone/a group of people being bystanders? Why do you think the assistant principal responded the way he did?
The Richmond High School Incident
It happened the night of October 27, 2009. The girl’s name has not been released, as she was 15 years old at the time, but the accounts of the crime all agree, and it is beyond belief. For 2 and a half hours, while the High School Homecoming Dance was taking place inside the gymnasium, approximately 10 men gang-raped the 15-year-old student, beating her savagely the whole time, all the while 10 others stood around laughing and taking pictures with their cell phones.
The crowd eventually numbered more than 20, and no one called the police. No one went inside to tell a security guard or a policeman, several of which were on campus at the time. A little earlier, the assistant principal looked out his office window and saw 12 to 15 grown men sitting around near the scene of the crime, none of whom had identification badges, as is required, and none of whom appeared to be a teenager, and the assistant principal did not call the police, or alert any teachers or students. He returned to his job and ignored them.
The girl was severly hurt and was left for dead. She was found later by someone leaving the dance.
The Holocaust is not the only time in which people were bystanders. It is a common thing that all of us have been guilty of at some points in our lives. Here is another example of someone being a bystander.
Assignment
How is the scenario below an example of someone/a group of people being bystanders? Why do you think the assistant principal responded the way he did?
The Richmond High School Incident
It happened the night of October 27, 2009. The girl’s name has not been released, as she was 15 years old at the time, but the accounts of the crime all agree, and it is beyond belief. For 2 and a half hours, while the High School Homecoming Dance was taking place inside the gymnasium, approximately 10 men gang-raped the 15-year-old student, beating her savagely the whole time, all the while 10 others stood around laughing and taking pictures with their cell phones.
The crowd eventually numbered more than 20, and no one called the police. No one went inside to tell a security guard or a policeman, several of which were on campus at the time. A little earlier, the assistant principal looked out his office window and saw 12 to 15 grown men sitting around near the scene of the crime, none of whom had identification badges, as is required, and none of whom appeared to be a teenager, and the assistant principal did not call the police, or alert any teachers or students. He returned to his job and ignored them.
The girl was severly hurt and was left for dead. She was found later by someone leaving the dance.
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