Teaching the Holocaust in school history : teachers or preachers? / Lucy Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Lucy.

Series:

Continuum studies in education.

Continuum studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Great Britain.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If we expose students to a study of human suffering we have a responsibility to guide them through it. But is this the role of school history? This issue is the rationale behind teaching the Holocaust primarily historical, moral or social? Is the Holocaust to be taught as a historical event, with a view to developing students' critical historical skills, or as a tool to combat continuing prejudice and discrimination?. These profound questions lie at the heart of Lucy Russell's fascinating analysis of teaching the Holocaust in school history. She considers how the topic of the Holocaust is

Contents:

History teachers on teaching the Holocaust

What was 'the Holocaust'?

Teaching the Holocaust before 1991

The question of whether the Holocaust should be compulsory in school history

Teaching the Holocaust in school history since 1991.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical reference (p. [144]-149) and index.

ISBN:

9786611295363

9781281295361

1281295361

9781847142887

1847142885

OCLC:

614501103

Publisher Number:

9780826490827