There is a movie -- documentary that was made back in 2004, that depicts human kindness and love for one another. This documentary is like nothing I have ever seen before and, I am not sure if I will ever see something like it again. I watched this documentary in Social Studies for Elementary Teachers, a class I am taking at a local university. I was not prepared for what I was about to see. I do not want to give away too many details of the documentary in case someone wants to watch it.
There is a little town called Whitwell, TN; if you want to look it up on your atlas it is NW of Chattanooga. A principal there wanted to teach her students about diversity, tolerance, and love for all mankind. She also wanted to teach her students about how the world is affected by intolerance, hatred, and evil. What better way to do this than teach the students about the Holocaust?
The Principal, Ms. Linda Hooper worked with the Assistant Principal, Mr. David Smith and English Teacher Ms. Sandra Roberts. They came up with the idea to teach a group of 8th graders about the Holocaust; what it meant and how it affected people everywhere. The students worked hard on this project; they were curious about what 6 million looked like so, they began collecting paper clips. They received paper clips from many different people; some of which had direct ties to the Holocaust, as well as, many different countries. A fact that I did not know before watching this movie was, the paper clip was invented in Norway and was worn as a symbol of disapproving of what Hitler and the Nazi's were doing.
I do not want to give away anymore details about this wonderful documentary, instead I would much rather for all of those who read this post watch the documentary. When you do please think about the message that is implied in it.
I am trying to be careful here because I do not want to take words out of someones mouth nor do I want to twist words. The information I am giving is in the documentary.
If you are curious about where you can get this documentary, it is available on Netflix. I am not sure where else you can find it. I do encourage watching this documentary.
