Paper Clips

Because of this post,

and this post,

and this post,

I watched the documentary PAPER CLIPS this weekend.

The movie follows the students and teachers of a middle school in Whitwell, Tennessee as they undertake the Paper Clip Project, a quest to collect six million paper clips—one for each Jewish man, woman, and child killed during the Holocaust. Although the project began as a way to help students comprehend the number six million, it grew into a conduit for a community-wide exploration of diversity … and resulted in a concrete tribute to tolerance.

The movie has inspired other projects, like the Shoelace Project at Rush Creek Elementary School in Maple Grove, Minnesota. And it inspired me to spread the word. So, see this movie! You can learn more about it here and you can learn about the book, SIX MILLION PAPER CLIPS, by Peter and Dagmar Schroeder, here.