[LM_NET] Maus and the Opposite Message

[LUCY McLEOD <mcleodl@BNET1.BANGORSD.ORG>]

Hello. This is an unusual query, but at my 7-8 grade middle school, some students 
are checking out the Maus books by Art Spiegelman to copy the swastika on the cover 
and use other art in the books to make art. My
asst. principal came to talk to me about it today and I said I would do some 
research and ask all of you
for suggestions about how to deal with this. I don't want to single the students 
out but also want to
think of a way for them to understand what Art Spiegelman was saying in the books. 
The students who
are borrowing the books are, I feel almost certain, not reading them, but using 
them for the art and some even believe the "Holocaust doubters." Why waste an 
opportunity to possibly open some eyes, in other words. Or  by addressing it, am I 
making it too big a deal. Thanks for any thoughts.



Lucy McLeod
Librarian/Media Specialist
Bangor Area Middle School
Bangor, PA
mcleodl@bangorsd.org
 
"It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. 
Charlotte was both."--E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

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