Do UK schools still teach the Holocaust? Cause I got a forward saying they don't...?

Answer 1

I was there before it was taught, and learned the Weimar republic and the rise of Nazism, although my younger brother was taught a history of it in the style of scindlers list

I have a minor gripe in that the history taught was selective, no mention at all of the wild lawless debauchery of the Weimar republic or the mass mental illness caused by the concentration camps on those there.

I believe you cannot be selective about history like this

anyway I found this link for you about the holocaust and the national curriculum
http://www.het.org.uk/content.php?page_id=263

Answer 2

The Holocaust is usually taught to Y9 classes (13-14 year olds). It will soon become a compulsory part of the National Curriculum along with other important topics such as the rise and fall of the British Empire. Also each January many schools have special assemblies on Holocaust Memorial Day, when they link the Jewish holocaust with other acts of genocide, such as the attack on the Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, the Rwandan genocide and the deaths of millions of Roma people during World War Two. And we should never forget the genocide against the American Indian people in the 19th century.

Answer 3

Usually in Year 9 History lessons as part of WWII (13 / 14 year olds) but as an aside rather than a main focus.

I taught aspects of the holocaust through GCSE Drama using the book 'Friedrich' by Hans Peter Richter as a focus.

Answer 4

Depending on the school, and syllabuses that they teach post KS3 it generally is covered somewhere. Normally, if a child chooses to do History at GCSE level it will be covered, depending on the syllabus again. I know that most schools will touch upon it, and some go into greater depth than others, covering such heronines like Anne Frank. I wouldnt worry about it if your children havent covered it yet, should they continue to go into higher/further education there will be room to choose personal studies in which, if they want to, they can look into the holocaust.

Hope this is helpful, and i wish your children the very best of luck in their educations. :-)

Answer 5

I was taught about the holocaust at school. In year nine we learnt about it in history and we also learnt about Judaism in Relsigious Studies. Then at the end of the year we went on a trip where we visited a synagogue and also went to see a jewish school and we got a talk from a man called Josef Pearl who was surviver of the holocaust. It was a really good day and the talk had me and most of my peers in tears. I brought his book afterwards too.

Answer 6

They do, a friend of mine is training to be history teacher at secondary school and I take an interest in the cirriculum (I studied at uni). Are you concerned? They don't have to teach things just because they're atrocious or even pertinent on a national level.

Answer 7

How do you "teach the holocaust"? Is it more appropriate to teach that or something more relevant to modern times such as Rwanda, Palestine, Iraq, Vietnam......The list is endless. Why should children be taught about slaughter nearly 70 years in the past and not taught about modern day massacres?

But yes they do.

Answer 8

My kids are 17, 10 and 9.... and the eldest never learnt about it... just briefly during history when they discussed the wars.
My younger two certainly haven't... whether that changes when they reach Secondary school, who knows.

Answer 9

Its only taught if they study WW2. It would be silly to take it out of context.

Its wasn't taught to me 25 years ago or to my father before me, so nothing has changed. It wasn't particular important in U.K. history compared with many other things.

Answer 10

I learned about it last year, we whats some film too about some list.