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Is the Holocaust taught in American schools?
most schools don't teach that much when it comes to the holocaust.
How did teachers handle the topic of the holocaust after the end of the war?
The Holocaust was not widely taught in schools till after 1980 and it was certainly not taught in the immediate postwar period. From the end of World War 2 till the late 1960s the Holocaust was something of a non-subject apart from media reports on Holocaust trials.
Is the Holocaust still taught in British schools?
No. The Holocaust is today part of every child's formal education in England. In England, by law children are to be taught about the Holocaust as part of the Key Stage 3 History curriculum. This usually occurs in Year 9 (age 13-14). While academy schools do not have to follow this syllabus, it is assumed that they will deliver Holocaust education as part of a "balanced and broadly based" curriculum. Similarly, although independent schools are not obliged to deliver the National Curriculum, many in fact do. The Holocaust is not formally part of the national curriculum in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. However, it is widely taught and there is no evidence that it has been removed from textbooks.
What has the Holocaust Taught The World?
The Holocaust taught the world about the evil and extremes tyrannical nations and leaders can go to. It also taught the world that no people should ever be exterminated due to their race, creed, or religious preferences.
When was the urban legend that Britain removed the Holocaust from the school curriculum started?
There have been a few questions here in WikiAnswers asking if the story is true.The BBC first reported the urban legend on 17 April 2007, but there are some versions of the story that go back to February 2007. The Times reported as fact "Schools drop Holocaust lessons to avoid offence" back on 2 April 2007:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1600686.eceRather revealingly, there seems to be a muddle about the abbreviation U.K. (for United Kingdom), and in some versions of the story refer to the University of Kentucky!That said, it appears some schools and teachers in predominantly Muslim areas shy away from the Holocaust and the Crusades.Further InputIndividual schools decide such matters. It is reported that some schools in Muslim areas have stopped teaching the Holocaust.A few schools in predominantly Muslim areas have chosen not to teach it, in order to avoid conflict with some Muslim parents. All this has of course been criticized.Many people take a dim view of the fact that some of the leading Muslim groups in Britain boycott Holocaust Memorial Day.The suggestion that the UK has removed the holocaust from its school curriculum is an urban legend. Please see the Related Question below.The notion that the schools in the UK have stopped teaching the Holocaust is inaccurate. Please see the related question.
