tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post346620291267509813..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: Writing About 9/11Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-23640728200466299332011-09-12T15:44:22.100-05:002011-09-12T15:44:22.100-05:00Indeed, Cheryl. And how much do they need to know ...Indeed, Cheryl. And how much do they need to know about it? Yesterday on the radio they interviewed students who were performing in a 9/11 play and yet admitted that they had learned little or nothing about the event while growing up. Even the girl whose mother lost a dear friend in the Towers. The mother never talked to the girl about it and she wished her mother had. I hope young people watched the riveting coverage over the past week.Claire Rudolf Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520445613916601377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-80872398064872744452011-09-12T10:19:27.489-05:002011-09-12T10:19:27.489-05:00Claire, it's interesting to think about an inc...Claire, it's interesting to think about an incredibly powerful event that occurred just before, or very early in the lifetimes of most of our current readers. If writing contemporary fiction, then the new understandings/prejudices/rules of society that came out of that moment may be relevant to the social/cultural setting of the story, just like the Vietnam War is relevant in Gary Schmidt's OK for Now. Those rules define the world children are currently growing up in, and yet only readers ages 13-18 would have any memory of the day those rules began to be put in place. And the level of understanding represented in those memories would vary tremendously. For a lot of kids 10 years ago might as well be 50 years ago in their perception of time--but the subsequent rules are very much present tense.Cheryl Bardoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084503940091474111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-58585860978595616992011-09-11T20:58:52.728-05:002011-09-11T20:58:52.728-05:00"Fordson" is a wonderful documentary fil..."Fordson" is a wonderful documentary film that would be good for middle schoolers and high schoolers. It focuses on the Fordson High School football team in Dearborn, Michigan. Because of the many Muslims in Dearborn the team is made up of kids of the Muslim faith and in 2009 the big game occurred during Ramadan. <br /><br />The film is about football, about Dearborn, about Muslim families, and what they have faced in the way of prejudice since 9/11.Jackie Briggs Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600355884645018088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-44476133217897044282011-09-11T11:07:43.445-05:002011-09-11T11:07:43.445-05:00A good post-9/11 YA book: Shine, Coconut Moon by ...A good post-9/11 YA book: Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger. It's about an Indian-American girl dealing with her own cultural heritage post-9/11. 9/11 isn't the direct focus, but it certainly influences how she and her family members are perceived in their community, exposing some of the unfortunate prejudices that resulted from the tragedy.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553993991195412089noreply@blogger.com