Who is Teaching the Holocaust in Illinois High Schools?
The teachers who responded to the survey were distributed among most age groups and were primarily though not exclusively Caucasian. Approximately 61% percent of the teachers who responded were male, and 39% were female. The respondents were almost equally divided among age groups, with the largest group being in the 51 to 60 category. As described in Table 2, some teachers were Jewish (5%), but the majority of teachers of the Holocaust were Christian, first Protestants (53%), and then Catholics (33%). Table 2: Who is Teaching the Holocaust (age, ethnicity and religion)? Item Response Mode % Ages of teachers teaching about the Holocaust 20-30 22.0 31-40 23.3 41-50 25.8 51-60 28.0 61+ .9 Total 100.0 Ethnicity of teachers teaching about the Holocaust Black .7 Asian .3 White 98.1 Hispanic .3 Am Indian .3 Multi-racial .3 Total 100.0 Religion of teachers teaching about the Holocaust Buddhist 1.3 Catholic 32.9 Jewish 4.8 Protestant 52.3 Other 8.7 Total 100.0 The data in Table 3 indicates tha
