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Racine Reads
picks Motherland for its spring selection
Racine Reads has
scheduled book discussion programs at various venues during
April and May, all focusing on the current selection, Motherland.
Click here to read the press
release.
Fern Schumer Chapman named "Illinois Author of the Year"
The Illinois Association
of Teachers of English (I.A.T.E.)
is pleased to recognize Fern Schumer Chapman as the 2004
recipient for the Illinois Author of the Year. Click
here to read the press release.
Learning from Motherland in the classroom
NEW:
Click
here to download the Teacher's Guide
Many
schools are using Motherland in the classroom
to teach writing, history, and tolerance. Some teachers
use the book to meet the state mandate that schools must
teach the Holocaust to students. Often, teachers pair the
book with Elie Wiesel's classic, Night. Mr. Wiesel's
story captures the original Holocaust experience in a father-son
story while Motherland illustrates the legacy and the half-life
of the war through the mother-daughter relationship.
Here are some of the schools that use Motherland in the
classroom:
-
DePaul University Honors Program, Chicago, IL
- Woodlands Academy, Lake Forest, IL
- Radnor High School, Radnor, PA
- Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
- Newark Junior High School, Newark, CA
- Lebanon High School, Lebanon, NH
Click
here for one teacher's comments about the book.
Motherland
on the silver screen
Hallmark
Entertainment is moving forward with plans to make Motherland
into a feature-length film. Read
the announcement of the film option.
FSC is the most recent addition to Facing History speakers'
bureau
German edition of Motherland covered in German press
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