Sunday, September 15, 2013

First Day School: Peace Studies

Some months back, but since the last time I have posted about First Day School, I was teaching the Lone Star Baby a Peace Testimony lesson involving The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss.  As we discussed it, I realized that she did not really possess the historical context needed to get everything I wanted her to get out of the story (although she understood the point).  She was not really familiar with the Cold War and although she knew a bit about the horrors of the Holocaust, it was pretty sketchy.   I decided we needed to back up, do some history on U.S. and World Wars/conflicts/policies of response and spend longer on the Peace Testimony as it applies to them, and then to everything.

Since then, we have talked about the Holocaust more and about non-violent responses to the Nazis.  We read The Yellow Star, which is just a legend, but a good legend to use as a starting point for discussion. On the same trail, we are now reading Number The Stars.  We have missed a lot of Meeting this summer what with all the health issues drama and all, and with all of us settling back into routines, so we have not gotten very far yet.  Today, we met though and continued with Number The Stars. 

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