{"id":377,"date":"2024-04-12T17:18:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=377"},"modified":"2024-04-14T20:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:39:59","slug":"focus-on-david","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/chapter\/focus-on-david\/","title":{"raw":"Testimony As Historical Source: Focus on David","rendered":"Testimony As Historical Source: Focus on David"},"content":{"raw":"This lesson focuses on David's testimony as an historical source.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nStudents will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>define testimony.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>collect, analyze, and report on data gathered from Holocaust survivor testimony.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>examine testimony to better understand the lasting impacts experienced by survivors.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Guiding Question<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What was significant in David's experience of the Holocaust?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\r\nThe previous lesson \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/chapter\/the-holocaust-in-romania\/\">The Holocaust in Romania<\/a>,\u201d provides context for David's experience of the Holocaust. Alternatively, these lessons can follow any instruction on the Holocaust, or lessons can be used to highlight survivor testimony in particular.\r\n<h2>Lesson Activities<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Thinking about Testimony<\/h3>\r\nAs a class, lead a discussion about testimony, using the following questions as prompts:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What is an eyewitness?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What is testimony?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What forms does testimony take?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Why would somebody leave a testimony?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What can testimony tell us about a past event that other sources might not? What are the limitations of testimony?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Compare the value of testimony, artefacts (such as documents and photographs), and textbooks as sources for understanding the past.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Reading David's Testimony<\/h3>\r\nGather various sources of David's testimony\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>David Schaffer has provided information about himself (<em>But I Live<\/em> pp. 159\u2013162).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1927\/2024\/04\/Bio_D_Shaffer.pdf\">Biography of David Shaffer<\/a> from the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBased on the sources, what are the significant events in David's testimony?\r\n<h3>Reading the Graphic Testimony<\/h3>\r\nDepending on your class, you may choose to have students read the testimony in many ways.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What happens in the graphic narrative? How does David describe what happened to him?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThree potential options are:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Have students read the testimony independently. Highlight certain topics as a class after ward.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Have students read the testimony in groups.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Read the testimony as a class, stopping to highlight certain topics as you read.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDevelop a list of the significant events in the graphic testimony. Does this vary from David's biography?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1927\/2024\/04\/Guide_David_Testimony.pdf\">Potential Discussion Questions are provided here.<\/a>\r\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\r\nDebrief the discussion. Potential questions could include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>How does this testimony contribute to your understanding of the Holocaust, or to our previous lessons?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What long-term effects has the Holocaust had on David?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How do you think David felt when he described what happened to him?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What did you learn from this personal testimony that you did not learn from the historical sources?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What stood out to you about David\u2019s story? Why?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What will you remember about the experience of studying David's testimony? Why?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Extension<\/h2>\r\nTeachers may decide to use these lessons as avenues into other topics, including:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>trauma, inter-generational trauma<\/li>\r\n \t<li>desecration\/loss of community<\/li>\r\n \t<li>inter-generational impacts such as land loss, economic impact, education, etc.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>other survivor testimonies<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Support Materials<\/h2>\r\nUsing video testimony in the classroom (USC Shoah Foundation) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/sites\/default\/files\/USCSF_Teaching_Guidelines.pdf\">https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/sites\/default\/files\/USCSF_Teaching_Guidelines.pdf<\/a>\r\n\r\nDanger in Forgetting: Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust (Facing History and Ourselves) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/videos\/danger-forgetting-eyewitnesses-holocaust-sonia-weitz\">https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/videos\/danger-forgetting-eyewitnesses-holocaust-sonia-weitz<\/a>","rendered":"<p>This lesson focuses on David&#8217;s testimony as an historical source.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>define testimony.<\/li>\n<li>collect, analyze, and report on data gathered from Holocaust survivor testimony.<\/li>\n<li>examine testimony to better understand the lasting impacts experienced by survivors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Guiding Question<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What was significant in David&#8217;s experience of the Holocaust?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The previous lesson \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/butiliveresource\/chapter\/the-holocaust-in-romania\/\">The Holocaust in Romania<\/a>,\u201d provides context for David&#8217;s experience of the Holocaust. 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