Looks pretty bleak sometimes.
I do have to say that my granddaughter is a freshman in high school and is taking world history. She was fascinated by the Holocaust and how in the world something like that ever happened.
I don’t know what she knows about American history. Shame on me for never asking her. I’ll remedy that this weekend.
I highly recommend the movie "The Devil's Arithmetic" for your granddaughter. (The film is "Based on the popular novel by Jane Yolen, a typical American teenager gets transported back in time and experiences firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust and discovers the meaning of her family’s heritage.")
From Amazon.com:
Executive producers Dustin Hoffman and Mimi Rogers present the truth of the Holocaust so a new generation can understand why it must never be forgotten. Kirsten Dunst plays Hannah, a modern teen more concerned with trends than history. During the traditional Passover dinner, she zones out as her relatives harp about concentration camps. But then Hannah passes through a portal to the past, where she becomes her own ancestor in Poland during the Nazi persecution of the Jews.