Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims

Daily Mail ^ | 4/1/07 | Laura Clark

[LibWhacker]

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked study has revealed.

It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.

There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades - where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem - because lessons often contradict what is taught in local mosques.

The findings have prompted claims that some schools are using history 'as a vehicle for promoting political correctness'.

The study, funded by the Department for Education and Skills, looked into 'emotive and controversial' history teaching in primary and secondary schools.

It found some teachers are dropping courses covering the Holocaust at the earliest opportunity over fears Muslim pupils might express anti-Semitic and anti-Israel reactions in class.

The researchers gave the example of a secondary school in an unnamed northern city, which dropped the Holocaust as a subject for GCSE coursework.

The report said teachers feared confronting 'anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'.

It added: "In another department, the Holocaust was taught despite anti-Semitic sentiment among some pupils.

"But the same department deliberately avoided teaching the Crusades at Key Stage 3 (11- to 14-year-olds) because their balanced treatment of the topic would have challenged what was taught in some local mosques."

A third school found itself 'strongly challenged by some Christian parents for their treatment of the Arab-Israeli conflict-and the history of the state of Israel that did not accord with the teachings of their denomination'.

The report concluded: "In particular settings, teachers of history are unwilling to challenge highly contentious or charged versions of history in which pupils are steeped at home, in their community or in a place of worship."

But Chris McGovern, history education adviser to the former Tory government, said: "History is not a vehicle for promoting political correctness. Children must have access to knowledge of these controversial subjects, whether palatable or unpalatable."

The researchers also warned that a lack of subject knowledge among teachers - particularly at primary level - was leading to history being taught in a 'shallow way leading to routine and superficial learning'.

Lessons in difficult topics were too often 'bland, simplistic and unproblematic' and bored pupils.

[apocalypto]

I agree. And I just don't understand it. This is crazy.

[Salem]

Perhaps ... in the UK. The High School curriculum here in California deals extensively with WWII and the Holocaust. I was pretty impressed with the depth—after sifting through the leftist slant which pollutes pretty much any curriculum in California.

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[happygrl]

Put a fork in the UK, they are done.

That was exactly my reaction as well.

[burzum]

*bangs head against desk*

I wonder if they have considered WHY they are teaching history. The correct answer isn't so that students can score well on college entrance exams.

[juliej]

They are enjoying their dhimmi status, apparently - which is bad news for the British sailors kidnaped by the Iranians wackos - and there, I called them wackos!

[A. Pole]

some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial

Yeah, you would not want to upset them.

[FreedomNeocon]

When it was piglet... it was kind'a funny in a sad pathetic way.

But this is just flat out Dhimmitude.

Welcome to Eurabia

[SupplySider]

If those kids protest that the holacaust never happened, bring in a guest speaker who lost family members. that should give food for thought.

I'm sure such speakers would be available. I'm fifty-four years old and have several friends who lost grandparents in the concentration camps.

[ZULU]

I always thought they should have dropped it because it might offend NAZIs (sarcasm!!).

[stm]

I have ceased becoming surprised at anything in this world anymore. I may still be utterly disgusted by it but I am no longer surprised by it.

[jacknhoo]

Everyone has the imagined right not to be offended according to the Left-Libs, except Christians of course.

[DaveTesla]

The crown is dying.

[DaveTesla]

They are NAZI’s!

http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~jkatz/baath.html

[outofstyle]

I have ceased becoming surprised at anything in this world anymore. I may still be utterly disgusted by it but I am no longer surprised by it.

I feel the same way too. Getting older I guess.

[Mr. Mojo]

Why is the UK dragging this thing out? Just submit to sharia law and be done with it.

[expatguy]

Oh it began in 1979 ~ you ain’t seen nothing yet FRiend.