001roit

BORROW BELOW PRIME

AT

LEXUS OF LANSING

Teaching Teachers:
A Holocaust Lesson

HURRY!
SALE ENDS MAY 2nd

JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER

Photo by Glenn Triest

1994 GS300

Patricia Jones and Barbara Demlow compare notes.

A

s a child, Jeanne Tar-
chalski had a hard time
spending the night at
someone's house because
she didn't like the idea of being
separated from her family.
Living next door to Holocaust
survivors in Pontiac, she start-
ed to think about what it would
be like if she were isolated from
loved ones like so many children
of the Holocaust.
Years later, Ms. Tarchalski
brought her concern to the
classroom and taught sixth-
graders in the Adrian school
system about the Holocaust.
"This was a community
where some people asked, 'why
teach this?' " she said.
Ms. Tarchalski was one of the
speakers participating in last
week's "Teaching the Holocaust
and Genocide One Life at a
Time," a conference-workshop
at Wayne State University to
provide background and mate-
rials for educators.
Teachers from around the
state heard William Parsons,
director of education at the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum
in Washington, D.C.; Deborah
Dwork, author of Children With
A Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi
Europe; and Rabbi Charles
Rosenzveig, founder and exec-
utive director of the Holocaust
Memorial. Center in West
Bloomfield. A survivor of the Ar-
menian genocide also spoke.
During the afternoon session,
Ms. Tarchalski and six other
educators, including Phil Ja-
cobs, editor of The Jewish News
and religious school teacher at
Temple Kol Ami, discussed
their approaches to teaching the
Holocaust and genocide.
"I've been to a lot of work-
shops," said Bob Uhelski, who
teaches a class which incorpo-
rates a Holocaust unit at
Lahser High School. "This had

moving speakers and practical
advice. When you commit a day
to attend a workshop, you often
think, 'Why did I bother?' but
that was not the case today."
Carl Dull, who team-teaches
his class with Mr. Uhelski, said
he learned some helpful tech-
niques from Mr. Parsons, who
told educators some teaching
methods can be inappropriate.
"He told us showing graphic
or shocking films can be dan-
gerous because kids can get un-
comfortable and it can trivialize
the Holocaust," Mr. Dull said.
"He also said role-playing
games are not a good teaching
method because there is no way

"Showing graphic
or shocking
(Holocaust) films
can be dangerous."

Carl Dull

to recreate what happened dur-
ing the Holocaust."
Ms. Tarchalski, who teaches
the Holocaust through litera-
ture and class discussions, said
before she began teaching the
unit, three of her 26 students
knew about the Holocaust.
"After one day I knew I was
on to something," she told the
educators who attended her
workshop. "We went to the li-
brary and got all the reading
material that was available.
Each student picked a book to
read, and at the end of the first
week we had class sharing time.
The kids were receptive to
learning, and when they found
out youths were involved, they
became even more interested.
You really can't afford not to
teach this." El

•Leather Seats
•Sunroof
• Traction Control
• Dual Air Bags
• Anti-Lock Braking System
• Remote Entry System
• 4 year/50,000 Mile Limited Warranty
• 6 year/70,000 Mile Powertrain Warranty
• 24 Hour Roadside Assistance
• Free Pick-up and Delivery Service
•(PLUS CD Player on the LS400)

*38 9 927* m94o63

1994 LS400

/1/[k9 *

• 9 • v ow

plus T, Tad_
STK#94135

OR

SELECT FROM CENTRAL MICHIGAN'S FINEST
SELECTION OF PRE-OWNED LEXUS AUTOMOBILES

'92 LS400

Slate/Blue Leather, sunroof,
original Lansing car with
complete service records

'91 LS400

Burgundy/Burgundy Leather,
sunroof, complete service
records

'93 ES300

15,997

Beige/Ivory Leather,
sunroof, heated seats
only 25,000 miles

$26,991

Black/Gray Leather.
sunroof, CD Player
only 40,000 miles

14,800

'91 ES250

$14,895

*4.9% financing applies only to new '94 sedans

LEA USOF LANSING

The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection

For a personal showing:
Call 1-800-539-8748 OR 1-800-LEXUS-4-U

Exit 104 off 1-96 • 5709 S. Pennsylvania, Lansing • 517/394-8000 (CALL COLLEcr)

Call Now For Your
Spring Start Up
RICK WALD . Call For Details. 489-5862

31