What is the express purpose of teaching the Holocaust to young children?
Can the Holocaust be taught to such young children? Should the Holocaust be taught to such young children? Is what is being advocated as Holocaust education truly Holocaust education, or is it misnamed? What Is The Express Purpose of Teaching the Holocaust to Young Children? While acknowledging that many “recognize that the study of the Holocaust may not seem an appropriate topic for our youngest students,” the author of the aforementioned article reports that “they [certain states, school districts and individual teachers] believe that there are some lessons of the Holocaust that can and should be taught at this level” (Sepinwall, 1999, p. P5). Continuing, she suggests in part that among the major purposes of teaching about the Holocaust to young children are: “learning the importance of tolerance and respect for others who are different, and to acquire and practice skills for resolving conflicts peacefully and for living together in a spirit of mutual cooperation and appreciation for
