{"product_id":"enacting-history-a-practical-guide-to-teaching-the-holocaust-through-theater-paperback","title":"Enacting History: A Practical Guide to Teaching the Holocaust through Theater - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMira Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet E. Rubin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArnold Mittelman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnacting History\u003c\/em\u003e is a practical guide for educators that provides methodologies and resources for teaching the Holocaust through a variety of theatrical means, including scripted texts, verbatim testimony, devised theater techniques and process-oriented creative exercises. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA close collaboration with the USC Shoah Foundation \u003ci\u003eI Witness\u003c\/i\u003e program and the National Jewish Theater Foundation \u003ci\u003eHolocaust Theater International Initiative\u003c\/i\u003e at the University of Miami Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies resulted in the ground-breaking work within this volume. The material facilitates teaching the Holocaust in a way that directly connects students to individual people and historical events through the art of theater. Each section is designed to help middle and high school educators meet curricular goals, objectives and standards and to integrate other educational disciplines based upon best practices. Students will gain both intellectual and emotional understanding by speaking the words of survivors, as well as young characters in scripted scenes, and developing their own performances based on historical primary sources. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is an innovative and invaluable resource for teachers and students of the Holocaust; it is an exemplary account of how the power of theater can be harnessed within the classroom setting to encourage a deeper understanding of this defining event in history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMira Hirsch\u003c\/strong\u003e is Director of Education at Theatrical Outfit (Atlanta), a freelance professional theater director and an educational consultant for the National Jewish Theater Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanet E. Rubin is a faculty member at Eastern Florida State College where she teaches Speech and Theatre and directs theater productions. She is Past President of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArnold Mittelman is President of the National Jewish Theater Foundation (NJTF) and Founding Director of NJTF Holocaust Theater International Initiative at the University of Miami Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies overseeing its research, production and education programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.6 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163727958151,"sku":"9781138608740","price":79.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/22763524f4634b98dfdecc7796284d2a.webp?v=1733299591","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/enacting-history-a-practical-guide-to-teaching-the-holocaust-through-theater-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}