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Significancy of Schindler's List: News Package


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Introduction
The Holocaust is one of the most famous genocides known by many around the world. There has always been speculation whether the movie, Schindler’s List, and its goriness was ever appropriate for students, especially for those who couldn’t handle the gruesome content in the movie. But one filmmaker, Steven Spielberg, made a monumental movement. He changed the lives of many with just one movie. He brought perspectives on prejudice and bullying to light in the phenomenal movie, Schindler’s List.
Soundbite 1: Matthew Elms, 8th grade C-side social studies teacher
(Elms, 5:43)
“I have a hard time imagining an intelligent person sitting down and watching that movie and not being changed. And being the same person afterwards that they were before.”
Bridge
When asked on how the movie could change people’s perspectives on the world and prejudice, Matthew Elms, an eighth grade social studies teacher at SAS, had a strong opinion on the movie and the impact it has on the viewers who watch it. Even children could be impacted with the movie about the Holocaust, and connect it to the essence of modern day bullying.
Soundbite 2: Eric Burnett, high school social studies teacher
(Burnett, (6:17)
“The Holocaust is bullying at the grandest scale.”
Bridge
When we sat down with high school social studies teacher Eric Burnett, he felt although there was some explicit content throughout the movie, the most important thing was the message being brought out. Mr. Elms also felt the same about the moral lessons of ultimate prejudice and discrimination being perceived in the movie.
Soundbite 3: Matthew Elms, 8th grade C-side social studies teacher
(Elms, 7:02)
“It’s hard to stand up for the kid who’s being bullied because you don’t want to be that person. However, perhaps if you watched movies like Schindler’s List or Pay It Forward, and see people sticking their neck out for other people to try and make their own lives better, perhaps through these experiences on film, you might reconsider for a moment and say ‘wait a second, I saw something like this, maybe there is something I can do.’”
Bridge
Mr. Elms wasn’t the only one to believe that this movie could change people and their actions. Despite the graphic horrors depicted in the film, Mr. Burnett had confidence that Schindler’s List could stop the bystander effect that happens everyday.
Soundbite 4: Eric Burnett, high school social studies teacher
(Burnett, 5:36)
“You will see injustice all around you. And you got a choice. A choice to fight it, go along with it, or be apathetic.”
Stand-Up
Educators have a responsibility to expose students to the horrors from the past. As more lives change, Schindler’s List has withheld a legacy, not only to the Jewish community, but people from all over the world.
Sign-Off
I’m Katya Attamimi, reporting from the Singapore American School for the GR8 News Network.

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  1. Anonymous16 November 2014 at 22:01

    Your news package is very organized because it continues the sequences. You must be good in putting this together from your interview.

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    1. Anonymous16 November 2014 at 22:05

      Thanks Matt! It was actually a lot harder for me to make it flow well, but I eventually pulled it all together and made it work.

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  2. Anonymous16 November 2014 at 22:09

    Your news package is very well written. It flows really well, and you have a lot of information on the subject. Your soundbites were long and detailed. They gave a big insight on what they thought of the movie. What made you choose this topic, because it is a topic that not most people would choose. Overall good job Katya!

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    1. Anonymous16 November 2014 at 22:15

      Thanks Mira! I chose this topic because I do NHD and this is the topic that me and my partner Claire are doing. It was a lot harder to get information and facts about this one, but I made it work. (:

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