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The following is a list of Holocaust-related books that might help prepare students for our study of the book Night by Elie Wiesel.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years, Bitton-Jackson
Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl
The Upstairs Room, Reiss
For Those
I Loved, Gray
I Never
Saw Another Butterfly,
Volavkova
Number the
Stars, Lowry
The Hiding
Place, Boom
Dawn, Wiesel
The
following videos might give students some interesting background information on
various subjects that we will be studying throughout the year.
Schindler's
List (This
historical film reveals a graphic account of the Holocaust. Viewer
discretion is advised.)
A Simple Twist of Fate (This video stars Steve Martin and is a
modern-day version of George Eliot's Silas Marner.)
Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede (These videos
depict 19th cent. England and give insight into the world of George Eliot.)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (This video is loosely based on Homer’s The Odyssey.)
Troy
Recommended
King Arthur videos:
First Knight
Excalibur
Knights of the Round Table
A Knight’s Tale
The Sword in the Stone
The Mists of Avalon
Merlin
Other
recommended books:
The Mitford Years by Jan Karon (These are my all-time favorites!)
The Amethyst Heart by Penelope Stokes
Oceans Apart or
anything by Karen Kingsbury
The Notebook, The Wedding, or anything by Nicholas Sparks
The Songcatcher or anything by Sharyn McCrumb
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Divine Comedy by Dante
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Fried Green Tomatoes by Fanny Flagg
Other
recommended videos:
Cleopatra
Doctor Zhivago
Shadowlands (based on the life of C. S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or any other video from the
Chronicles of Narnia
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (animated
videos) or the recent Lord of the Rings movies
A Beautiful Mind (based on the life of John Nash)*
Breakfast at Tiffany's (based on the book by Truman Capote)
Dead Poet's Society*
Mr. Holland's Opus
Elizabeth R*
Shakespeare in Love*
Braveheart*
My Fair Lady (based on Shaw's play Pygmalion)
A Man for All Seasons (a look at Tudor England)
Shrek
Shrek 2 (The Shrek movies contain fantastic examples of literary allusions.)
The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen (This movie alludes to several 19th century
classic novels.)
*viewer discretion advised