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Janet E. Rubin - Voices - 9780810836556 - V9780810836556
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Voices

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Description for Voices Hardback. Bringing together scripts, activities, and resources, this book has been compiled so as to offer intellectual and emotional experiences that students will long remember. The voices echoing dramatically from these scripted pages ring with both true and fictional stories of the Holocaust that we should not fail to hear. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Plays make active partners of those who see or read them. Students using scripts and related activities think, feel, and imagine as they make connections to dramatic and historic events. This anthology pulls together several complete scripts as well as segments of scripts about the Holocaust. These scripts provide unique opportunities for students studying the Holocaust to research, recount, reflect, and remember. This anthology is designed to be relevant as students pass from introductory through intermediate and advanced levels of Holocaust study. Appeal of the works to upper elementary, middle, and high school age students is predicated on issues and circumstances to which young people can relate. Each play is briefly introduced with information about the playwright. Noteworthy material relative to the play, such as awards garnered, a synopsis, or historical significance of content which facilitates placing the piece in context, is shared with the reader. Activities for teaching and learning about the Holocaust follow each script or excerpt. Appendixes provide resource information. Bringing together scripts, activities, and resources, this book has been compiled to offer intellectual and emotional experiences that students will long remember. The voices echoing dramatically from these scripted pages ring with both true and fictional stories of the Holocaust that we should not fail to hear.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810836556
SKU
V9780810836556
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Janet E. Rubin
Janet Rubin (Ph.D. Ohio State University) is a professor of communication and theatre at Saginaw Valley State University. She is a respected scholar of children's theatre and arts education. In connection with this work, Rubin was named a Research Associate of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Rubin is also the 1997-98 recipient of the Earl L. Warrick Award for Excellence in Research. This award is presented to an SVSU faculty member whose scholarly activity during an extended amount of time has been of the highest quality.

Reviews for Voices
As supplementary material, teachers and librarians will find the material and especially the activities, very helpful.
Book Report
For each play, the author offers an introduction to the playwright, the plot, and the major themes, along with historical background and suggestions for teaching activities.
Multicultural Review
...very good value.
School Librarian
This book will provide teachers and resource providers in schools with a useful range of ideas, approaches, and resources...Rubin presents and discusses the issues with a tact and objectivity which are in themselves an example of good practice.
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Every once in a while a book comes along that does it all: teaches, inspires, enlightens, and entertains. Rubin has crafted such a book in this important work that can be used as an interdisciplinary textbook, a guide to theatre production, a Holocaust reader, or a simple yet powerful springboard for discussion. A perfect addition to the curriculum for young adults, grades six through twelve, Voices is a highly-recommended purchase for all public libraries and middle to senior high school media centers.
VOYA

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