sc115+Holocaust+Essay

Some adults and guardians think that sixth graders should not learn about the Holocaust. They think that sixth graders too immature and lack the knowledge of historical events to learn about the Holocaust. Six million Jews died during the Holocaust along with five million others who were non-Jews. What is your opinion? Should we learn about the Holocaust, or should we not? I believe that all sixth grade students should learn about all of the aspects of the Holocaust.

One reason why sixth graders should learn about the Holocaust is that it teaches them about history. Did you know that the Holocaust started in 1932? If I never learned this, how would I know? Sixth graders should learn this now because then they will know it for when they are in high school and college. Also, my mother said, "I think that you should learn about the Holocaust because it is historically important." Why shouldn't sixth graders learn about the Holocaust if they already learn about cruel wars in Social Studies? Also, George Santayana said, "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat." You will need to know about the Holocaust in the future.

Another reason why sixth graders should learn about the Holocaust is that it helps shape the future. In the future, it won't happen again because kids will know how bad it is. In the //Devil's// //Arithmetic//, Hannah said, "That we will survive. The Jews. That what happens here must never happen again." The Holocaust will help make sure that kids do not be mean to other kids because of what they look like. In other words it will teach kids not to be prejudice. Maud Dahme said, "Just being alive is a gift that god has given me." If kids hear about this, they won't want to replay this horrible movie in the future. Now do you want to not learn about this tragedy.

To be informed is a great reason why sixth graders should learn about the Holocaust. My guardian said, "It is important to learn about the Holocaust because kids should know about the cruelty that happened during this time". For example, in The Devil's Arithmetic, if Hannah didn't learn about the Holocaust in school, when she went back in time how would she know what was happening? She would have died much earlier too because Hannah wouldn't know about the Nazis. Also, it may make kids be less cruel to each other. In addition, if you don't know about the Holocaust, you won't think that it is that bad and you might think that if it happened again, it wouldn't be that bad. Now do you want to learn about the Holocaust? You might think that it is a bad thing to learn, but then you won't know what cruel things happened.

Even though the Holocaust is a really cruel thing to learn about, you should know what happened so it doesn't happen again. A student may think they will be scared about learning the Holocaust, but if you think about it, great things that survivors did kids should also know about. "I wonder if the world learned anything", Renee Firestone said. Would you want to learn about all of the things that happened in the Holocaust? Every sixth grader should know about what happened during the time of the Holocaust and what happened before it.