To understand why teachers should teach it, first you must know what the Holocaust was. The Holocaust was a mass genocide of Jews by the Germans in World War II. Jews would be shipped off in trains to work camps in …show more content…
A better question is whether or not the teachers feel comfortable teaching this to students. When you are in 8th grade, you have had many experiences and are much more mature than most. As discussed previously, teaching children about the Holocaust might even make them more mature. How can you progress in life if you don’t experience it? Now that we have gone over why we should teach 8th graders about the Holocaust we will go over why it may not be a good idea.
One of the reasons the Holocaust has not been taught in the past is because the government is scared of fighting what the people teach their children. Recently in the UK, Muslim children are being offended by the teachings of the Holocaust. Some Muslims there believe that the Holocaust never happened. They are in denial, and this makes it extremely hard for the UK to teach 8th graders about the Holocaust. Even though some people may be offended by the topic, their denial is even more reason to teach people about the Holocaust so they know the