Should There Be Holocaust Education for K-4 Students? The Answer Is No.

Totten, Samuel

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Publication Date: 1999

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Should There Be Holocaust Education for K-4 Students? The Answer Is No.

Totten, Samuel

Social Studies and the Young Learner, v12 n1 p36-39 Sep-Oct 1999

Asserts that educators should not teach about the Holocaust to K-4 students. Addresses the purpose of teaching the Holocaust and whether it can be taught to young children; questions the use of the term "Holocaust education"; and discusses the future of Holocaust education at the K-4 level. (CMK)

Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Genocide, Kindergarten, Persuasive Discourse, Role of Education, Social Bias, Social Discrimination, Social Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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