Sarah Grand

From Atlanta to Birmingham: A Teacher’s Reflections on History and Hope by Tony Bartolotta

By Sarah Grand / Tuesday, June 24, 2025 / Comments Off on From Atlanta to Birmingham: A Teacher’s Reflections on History and Hope by Tony Bartolotta

As a teacher of AP US History, I have found the start of this tour absolutely fascinating. The material I am gathering for my future students is invaluable. At the […]

Poland Reflection by Jim Newman

By Sarah Grand / Monday, June 23, 2025 / Comments Off on Poland Reflection by Jim Newman

As a historian, I am moved by the courage and foresight of Emanuel Ringelblum to preserve the history and personal stories of those Jews confined in the Warsaw Ghetto during […]

Poland Personally 2025: Day 2: Warsaw and Treblinka, June 23, 2025 by Kimberley Butler

By Sarah Grand / Monday, June 23, 2025 / Comments Off on Poland Personally 2025: Day 2: Warsaw and Treblinka, June 23, 2025 by Kimberley Butler

Today would have been my Mother’s 81st birthday.  After five years, it hasn’t become easier to live without her unconditional love, wisdom and guidance. Well into adulthood and well past […]

Time and History by Eric Graf

By Sarah Grand / Monday, June 23, 2025 / Comments Off on Time and History by Eric Graf

This poem is by Lucille Clifton, and I chose it because the poem suggests a cyclical nature of time and history. As I prepared for this trip, I could not […]

Arriving to Warsaw

By Sarah Grand / Monday, June 23, 2025 / Comments Off on Arriving to Warsaw

by Eileen Schmucker I traveled alone without my GROUP to Pittsburgh because I was not in Florida when they left. So I have many hours waiting in the airport for […]

A Surreal Journey to Auschwitz: Reflecting on Humanity’s Darkest Chapter by Josh Sektnan

By Sarah Grand / Friday, July 5, 2024 / Comments Off on A Surreal Journey to Auschwitz: Reflecting on Humanity’s Darkest Chapter by Josh Sektnan

Visiting Auschwitz was a surreal and profoundly moving experience. As the largest Nazi German concentration camp and, since 1942, also a mass extermination center for Jews, Auschwitz stands as a […]

A Unique Moment in Poland by Tatum Perez

By Sarah Grand / Thursday, July 4, 2024 / Comments Off on A Unique Moment in Poland by Tatum Perez

Going to the town today was beautiful. Starting off with the bus ride to it. The whole route was just view after view. It goes to show that there’s so […]

Hiding in Plain Sight by Rachel Sager

By Sarah Grand / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Comments Off on Hiding in Plain Sight by Rachel Sager

We started our day with a walking tour of the limited remains of the Warsaw Ghetto. Among the bustling capital city of Poland are fragments of the ghetto wall, unobtrusive […]

“Echoes in the Footsteps” by Kristina Rhoades

By Sarah Grand / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Comments Off on “Echoes in the Footsteps” by Kristina Rhoades

In Majdanek’s silent blocks they lie,Echoes of lives that passed us by,A sea of shoes, a testament,To lives extinguished, souls that went. Leather worn, fabric frayed,Tiny shoes where children played,Heels […]

Describing the Indescribable: Reflections on Language and Historical Memory by Cynthia McGrae

By Sarah Grand / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Comments Off on Describing the Indescribable: Reflections on Language and Historical Memory by Cynthia McGrae

As an English teacher and a First Amendment professor, I spend a lot of time thinking about words.  In my role as a high school English teacher, I am constantly […]

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