Backwards in Time and Forward in Spirit: Teaching

Martin, Terry; Brown, Tracey

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ERIC Number: EJ644761

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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ISSN: ISSN-0882-2840

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Backwards in Time and Forward in Spirit: Teaching "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

Martin, Terry; Brown, Tracey

ALAN Review, v29 n2 p49-53 Win 2002

Presents suggestions for teaching "Year of Impossible Goodbyes" as part of a thematic unit on World War II. Includes pre-reading activities, response journal topics, discussion and essay questions, and related teaching ideas. Concludes that students will enjoy the book, which bears witness to the plight of a people and provides an uplifting account of the triumph of the human spirit. (SG)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Journal Writing, Reading Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, World War II

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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