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Should The Holocaust Be Taught In Schools

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Many people debate on whether the Holocaust should be taught to young children in middle school. Parents and teachers think kids are just not sophisticated enough to be taught about the Holocaust, and they should be protected from it. Others think it’s better to teach them about it then not teach them at all, and they should be prepared for it when they go more in depth with it at school. People say it should be taught how it went down, very emotional, and informational. There are many ways on how people think it should be taught or maybe not even taught at all. The Holocaust should be taught to students in middle school so they are more aware of what could happen and so they can actually think about the situation.
Teaching the Holocaust to students engages the curiosity of many students and encourages them to think critically and participate. The Holocaust is an interesting topic for most kids at school because there is so much that happened. This adds a personal growth to students critical and intellectual aspect. Therefore, kids are more likely to understand, develop, and explore where, what, and why it happened. In like manner, it helps kids increase in their learning ability and expands their minds to know the dangers that happened in the past and could happen now. It is a great topic to learn about if you want to really …show more content…

Many people think it is a good idea to teach kids about the Holocaust in advanced time to prepare them. In addition, it is considerable to teach them exactly what happened so they have more of a feel on how it went down or took place. Not to mention, teaching in this order would get the students ' attention because of how interesting it may seem. If they are taught with more of an understanding and realistic teaching they will want to participate even more. However, not all people agree with this teaching

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