In this next unit, we will be looking at the lessons we can learn from history as recorded by authors of short stories, poems, a novel and a memoir in Unit Four of our textbook. If you have time today, access the textbook through the electronic link and preview the texts we will be reading, particularly the work of E.M. Forster, who provides the touchstone text for this unit, "Tolerance"and Elie Weisel who contributes both a selection from his full length memoir,
Night. and his Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech.
The questions I would like to pose before reading are these:
- Of all the lessons we should learn from history, what is the most important?
- What quality is it important for us to develop if we want to preserve civilization and promote peace?
- How do you think reading literature can be part of teaching us to develop this quality?
