OT: Schools Are NOT Dropping Holocaust Lessons to Avoid Offence ;-)

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Hey Liz,

 

> Hi Butch an all

> Well, this got me mad because if true, its just so, so, SO totally

> wrong that I was planning on writing to my MP to protest.

> But first I went looking for our national Core Curriculum to see what

> the actual facts are as so often our newspapers put a slant on things

 

Thanks much for this clarification .. I am sure it makes us all feel a

lot better about the report. ;-)

 

> http://tinyurl.com/2yr2g4

 

I think they have done a right good job on defining standards for

instruction.

 

> I think the dear old Times may well be doing a little wooden spooning

> (mixing) because although Primary School do indeed cover WW2, they

> cover it (as the ages of the pupils dictate - 5 to 11 years old's) on

> the more day-to-day aspects of living through the war - evacuation,

> rationing, food parcels from USA, women taking on men's jobs, what

> school was like...etc.

> Primary school kids don't have the Holocaust on the syllabus to start

> with - so I'm not at all sure how or why the Times put this story

> together. Senior school pupils cover this vital part of history with

> the attention it deserves.

 

Yellow journalism. ;-)

 

> How sum ever - just because this story is exaggerated doesn't mean

> there is no problem. We all should keep an eye on whats going on

> around us.

 

Fer'shur that is. We have 51 jurisdictions in the USA and the best

one can do is keep their eye on what is being taught to their children

in their state .. the UK has standardized requirements and that is not

a bad thing.

 

> Keenly.

> HTH clear whats happening in UK schools - a little.

> LLx

 

Thanks again .. appreciated is your research. :-) Butch

 

 

>>Below is a news article from the Times Online .. from the UK. It is

>>going to blow your mind .. I think.

>>

>>The article below is about ..

>>

>>>Teachers are dropping controversial subjects such as the Holocaust

>>>and the Crusades from history lessons because they do not want to

>>>offend children from certain races or religions, a report claims.

>>>

>>>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1600686.ece