Edukacja polonistyczna o Holokauście – wokół „Listów w butelce Anny Czerwińskiej-Rydel

In her article, Wiktoria Krawczyk addresses the need to include in Polish lessons texts written for young readers which are devoted to the extermination of the Jewish population. An in-depth analysis of the development of Polish language teaching programs for primary schools (and for junior high schools before the 2019 reform) shows lack of references to the Holocaust in the school environment. The goal of the series of lessons proposed in this article, designed to prepare students to read and interpret Listy w butelce [Letters in a Bottle], is partially to fill this gap in the current core curriculum. This proposal has been designed with the help of innovative tools, including routines of critical thinking (“I perceive/I think/I reflect,” “kawusia” [a little coffee], “winda” [an elevator], and “Most1” [Bridge1]), the collage technique, Robert Plutchik’s diagram of emotions, the app Mentimeter, the educational film, Karen Shawn’s method of silent conversation, and sketchnoting.