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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817066403321

Autore

Russell Lucy

Titolo

Teaching the Holocaust in school history [[electronic resource] ] : teachers or preachers? / / Lucy Russell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2006

ISBN

1-281-29536-1

9786611295363

1-84714-288-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in education

Disciplina

373.1102

940.5318071241

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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