UK schools drop Holocaust from curriculum to avoid offending Muslims

[Trumpeldor]

Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims
By LAURA CLARK

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed 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.



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[TheCoon]

That's truly a sign of how evil Britain has become. They seem to love being dhimmis.

[Trumpeldor]

That's truly a sign of how evil Britain has become. They seem to love being dhimmis.

I really hope the first nuke goes off there instead of here. But the Muslims may not nuke the UK because they've already won.

[mord]

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE REPORTS FRUIT GIVES ABOUT THE U.K. APPEAR ACCURATE

[Fruit of thy loins]

In my humble opinion most Anglo teachers would like to drop any reference of the Holocaust too.  The only real difference between Muslims and Anglos is that the Anglos are slightly more refined in expressing their prejudices (in fact they have refined their bigotry to a high form of art).  But I think that Muslims and Anglos are equally obnoxious and they deserve each other.  May their names and memories be erased.

[sat_chit_anand]

The teaching profession is dominated by the Stalinist National Union of Teachers.

In the UK you have to pay a premium to keep your children away from these people.

There are no real Christian State-funded schools.

The left in Britain is anti-Zionist, pro-Islamic integrationist (a fantasy which will never become reality), which means that we are going head long into dhimmitude.

However the Daily Mail is the second most popular newspaper in the UK. So the right-wing masses are probably reading the article which you have just read as we sit here typing this and they are becoming politicized against Islam.

The Daily Mail is the most right-wing paper in the country.

[TruthTyper]

Holocaust teaching in school is just MultiCULTurilist propaganda anyway. It is rare when muslims do something good by mistake.

[Fruit of thy loins]

The teaching profession is dominated by the Stalinist National Union of Teachers.

In the UK you have to pay a premium to keep your children away from these people.

There are no real Christian State-funded schools.

The left in Britain is anti-Zionist, pro-Islamic integrationist (a fantasy which will never become reality), which means that we are going head long into dhimmitude.

However the Daily Mail is the second most popular newspaper in the UK. So the right-wing masses are probably reading the article which you have just read as we sit here typing this and they are becoming politicized against Islam.

The Daily Mail is the most right-wing paper in the country.

It is so right wing that students at university are told not to read it and not to be seen taking copies of it into campus.  Any student who quoted it in one of their essays would in all likelihood get marks deducted (but it's okay to quote the Guardian).  That being said the Daily Mail spends most of its energy bashing what it considers 'white trash' (i.e. less well off white British people), levelling the blame against them when they are merely victims of neglect, and of course bashing Eastern Euro immigrants, who are a G-dsend compared to the stinky Third World trash that the Mail never utters a word against. 

[Din Rodef]

That's truly a sign of how evil Britain has become. They seem to love being dhimmis.

I've gotta tell ya...that this is the first real story that has me seriously doubting Britain's ability to survive.

Even in Bolshevik America...the liberals would NEVER stop teaching about the holocaust.

Maybe it's time for the few good Brits that are left...to come to the US...just like their cousins did before them

Maybe...America really is the West's "Last Stand"

[Din Rodef]

Holocaust teaching in school is just MultiCULTurilist propaganda anyway. It is rare when muslims do something good by mistake.

You are right that holocaust teaching has been abused...I agree with that

But I don't like censorship of history in ANY FORM.

I would rather see more balance...like...lets hear about the 20 million Russians that were killed in WOrld War 2 by the Nazis. By ONLY teaching the Holocaust...the West has (possibly by accident) made the whole war only about the Jews.

Truthtyper...CENSORSHIP IS ALWAYS BAD

[mord]

Yes i think normal brits not the liberal ones should move to the U.S.

[mord]

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils

YES BUT IT'S NOR BRITS GIVING THE ORDERS IT'S THE MOSLEMS WHICH RESIDE THERE

[Din Rodef]

Mord...where are you located?

Are you in Britain?

[mord]

Mord...where are you located?

Are you in Britain?

No in the U.S. but thats what the article said

[Din Rodef]

Good Mord - we need guys like you in the US

sorry to change the topic

[mord]

Good Mord - we need guys like you in the US

sorry to change the topic

No problem

[Fruit of thy loins]

I've gotta tell ya...that this is the first real story that has me seriously doubting Britain's ability to survive.

Even in Bolshevik America...the liberals would NEVER stop teaching about the holocaust.

Maybe it's time for the few good Brits that are left...to come to the US...just like their cousins did before them

Maybe...America really is the West's "Last Stand"

You really want legions of antisemitic, smelly, white trash ANglos moving to your country?

That's your prerogative I guess. 

[TruthTyper]

I agree with din. The holocaust we are taught in school tries to send the message that all races are equal. Its not true at all. they teach the jews are not part of the white race, in tons of videos I've seen in school, they are depicted as very dark skinned arabs.

[Sarah]

We studied the holocaust not long ago. It was extremely depressing but taught very well. The fact that they are trying to ERASE HISTORY is very odd, especially since a man recently went to prison for 10years for  condemning the holocaust, when he was a nutter.

I read in another article they wanted to remove it as not to cause offence to jewish children.

[TruthTyper]

The jewish holocaust wasn't that bad and very exaggerated by Americans, british, and Soviets. The worse tragedy of the 20th century was Stalin rising to power and killing 30 million people.

[Din Rodef]

The jewish holocaust wasn't that bad and very exaggerated by Americans, british, and Soviets. The worse tragedy of the 20th century was Stalin rising to power and killing 30 million people.

lets not forget Mao I think he's in the club too

I remember being in school and learning over and over and over again about the holocaust...the evil nazis...the concentration camps.

But, I swear to Hashem, that my world history class textbook only devoted 2 paragraphs to WWII... THEY ONLY DEVOTED 2 PARAGRAPHS in an American textbook to WWII. This should not be overlooked...WWII was the moment our modern world was created. All of the current borders were decided by the outcome of that war. The Atomic Age began from that war.

Both of my grandfathers were shot fighting the Nazis in Europe...Not discussed.

The reason for this historical censorship is clear. The Socialists in academia were in collusion with the Soviet Communists (so they couldn't talk about Stalin's or Mao's atrocities)...yet they were enemies of Hitler so they played up the Holocaust to slur Nazism. But they couldn't tell of the valor of Allied soldiers or else they would glorify America. The end result...World War 2 became a story about the Jewish Holocaust and little else.

If the Socialists had taught the ENTIRE truth about World War 2 they would have undermined socialism and they also would have glorified the Christian Western Allies. This was not possible...so they taught that World War 2 was just about killing Jews and creating an pure Aryan race.

The end result of this one-sided academic instruction is that all white people are stereotyped as Nazis for defending themselves...That is what teaching the Holocaust (devoid of any context) has really done for the world.

....and in the end...everybody still hates the Jews anyway

[Din Rodef]

I agree with din. The holocaust we are taught in school tries to send the message that all races are equal. Its not true at all. they teach the jews are not part of the white race, in tons of videos I've seen in school, they are depicted as very dark skinned arabs.

Thats an excellent point

It's also true of the teaching of the Black Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

By singling out blacks to be "equal"...the academics really taught that blacks are separate from the rest of America.

[sat_chit_anand]

I think that this is very troubling.

[MassuhDGoodName]

Re:  "...the whole war only about the Jews..."

Hate to tell you jokers this, but the fact of the matter, is that WWII was indeed about the Jews only.

"How can MassuhD say something like that?"...you're undoubtedly asking yourself...."especially when so many other nationalities and ethnic groups suffered?"

My statement is correct and 100% truth.  I have read Mein Kampf cover to cover, both sections I and sections II.  Repeatedly. 

It is clear from your misguided opinions, that none of you have ever done so.

If any of you had, you would realize that the very reason for the existence of the Nazi Party was to commit genocide against the Jews.  Period.

You would also long ago have realized that Hitler blamed the Jews for quite literally everything.

He claimed the Jews invented capitalism, then invented Communism, also invented FreeMasonry, invented each and every injustice in the world....he even shouted out at one Nazi rally that "...Every murder ever committed in all of Germany, was committed by THE JEW!...".

Hitler believed and claimed, as did The Thule Society, and Nazi Party founder Dietrich Eckhardt, that MOSES was the first Bolshevik.

Der Fuhrer claimed "THE JEWS" were responsible for starting EVERY WAR IN HISTORY....claimed that "THE JEW" started WWI, and that "THE JEW" was driving Germany to the grave through the Treaty of Versailles.

Chancellor Hitler promised that "...If THE JEW starts another war against Germany, IT WILL MEAN THE COMPLETE ANNIHILATION OF THE JEW!!!"

The fact that 20 million Soviets, thousands of Brits & Americans, Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, Serbs, etc. etc. perished during WWII,
and that Gypsies, Socialists, Communists, homosexuals, Christians, teachers, professors, politicians, etc. were herded into slave labor camps and/or executed, along with Jews, do not negate the historical fact that WWII was only about Jews.

If it is difficult for non-Jews to understand that a world leader and an entire political party could be completely psychotic and insane, then do yourselves a big favor and read Mein Kampf, and the English edition collection of every speech Hitler ever made, entitled My New Order.

[MassuhDGoodName]

Re:  "...The fact that they are trying to ERASE HISTORY is very odd, especially since a man recently went to prison for 10years for  condemning the holocaust, when he was a nutter..."

Actually, they are not trying to "erase" history; but rather to re-write history.

This is a classic characteristic of TOTALITARIANISM; be it of the left or of the right.

The law is re-written to suit the ruling party, and then the law is used to prosecute those whom the party decides to prosecute, whenever they deem it fitting to advance a political agenda.  The "thought crime" is an invention of a totalitarian political party; its tool for gaining and maintaining complete power over a citizenry.