Teaching Polish and the Holocaust – Discussing Anna Czerwińska-Rydel’s Listy w butelce Cover Image

Edukacja polonistyczna o Holokauście – wokół Listów w butelce Anny Czerwińskiej-Ryde
Teaching Polish and the Holocaust – Discussing Anna Czerwińska-Rydel’s Listy w butelce

Author(s): Wiktoria Krawczyk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: education; Anna Czerwińska-Rydel; Irena Sendlerowa; extermination; children’s literature; teaching process

Summary/Abstract: In her article, Wiktoria Krawczyk addresses the need to include in Polish lessons textswritten for young readers which are devoted to the extermination of the Jewish population. An indepthanalysis of the development of Polish language teaching programs for primary schools (and forjunior high schools before the 2019 reform) shows lack of references to the Holocaust in the schoolenvironment. The goal of the series of lessons proposed in this article, designed to prepare studentsto read and interpret Listy w butelce [Letters in a Bottle], is partially to fill this gap in the current corecurriculum. This proposal has been designed with the help of innovative tools, including routinesof critical thinking (“I perceive/I think/I reflect,” “kawusia” [a little coffee], “winda” [an elevator],and “Most1” [Bridge1]), the collage technique, Robert Plutchik’s diagram of emotions, the appMentimeter, the educational film, Karen Shawn’s method of silent conversation, and sketchnoting.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 1-9
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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