Exploring Dimensions of Forgiveness: The Sunflower

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Through the use of The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal, students will consider themes of responsibility, judgment, reconciliation, and most of all, forgiveness. In small groups, they will examine and discuss these themes from the perspective of a variety of historical figures and from their own perspectives.