tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post6151790616499274496..comments2024-03-26T11:03:45.486+00:00Comments on Let us Talk of Many Things; of Books and Queens and Pirates, of Mystery and Kings...: Tuesday Talk: The young do not know historyHelen Hollickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-89582363528242308112016-05-27T14:12:52.989+00:002016-05-27T14:12:52.989+00:00Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf...Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf: That’s a great idea. Where I live in Canada educators routinely are against anything that smacks of testing students for their knowledge or ability.Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-83857358085684419372016-05-27T14:12:07.591+00:002016-05-27T14:12:07.591+00:00Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf...Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf: I don’t think that’s a success at all. Our young people not knowing about the Holocaust, never mind World War II, FDR, Churchill or what happened on D-Day is sacrilege. And a recipe for disaster in the future.Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-4078234045742507962016-05-27T14:11:21.643+00:002016-05-27T14:11:21.643+00:00Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf...Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf: Much of what appears to be taught in History classes these days is not so much about facts and things that actually happened, but sociology-speak. The result is that students just don’t know.Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-86584407739465341722016-05-27T14:05:23.503+00:002016-05-27T14:05:23.503+00:00Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf...Jerry's had problems replying so on his behalf: It’s great that your daughter reads and is up on her history. But the schools should retain History as a core subject, and they have largely dismissed it which is a big reason why young people today, by and large, don’t know history.Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-8706098773977599422016-05-27T07:16:59.472+00:002016-05-27T07:16:59.472+00:00I am ashamed to admit that I did my geography home...I am ashamed to admit that I did my geography homeworl during history lessons at school. But then, the teacher droned (yes right word) from a text book - boring is an understatement. Fortunately I discovered history for myself - through fiction, which led to wanting to find out more. My Dad being a POW, of course, meant I did know about WWIIHelen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-71212551365636875492016-05-26T22:09:37.978+00:002016-05-26T22:09:37.978+00:00I feel sad when I see something like this. Perhap...I feel sad when I see something like this. Perhaps the details of WWII may be fuzzy for some young students (many history classes in high schools are taught like survey courses and speed through time in order to meet testing and semester deadlines)but still one would hope they learn and retain some basic facts, in my opinion. However, that anyone today who is considered an adult does not have a basic awareness of the Holocaust is simply unbelievable to me. And I agree with Helen about the methodology that should be used in history classes today. Some schools are using more experiential approaches, but not all.Cynthia Ripley Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535232541218753465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-55181471031349797522016-05-26T06:54:19.423+00:002016-05-26T06:54:19.423+00:00I also wish what little history is taught in schoo...I also wish what little history is taught in school could be made more interesting - with re-enactment, willing authors etc there's no excuse now!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-30201858226844915012016-05-24T20:48:18.514+00:002016-05-24T20:48:18.514+00:00My father's life started at the end of of one ...My father's life started at the end of of one world war and his youth finished in the following one. As a medic in the Allied armies, he went into the camps when they reached Germany. We have always known about the Holocaust. My son visted Auschwitz when he was in Poland and was profoundly moved. His Jewish, Muslim and Hindu classmates equally so. <br />It's a scandal that children in the West are ignorant of these horrors, but in a backhanded way, it's a success that they feel so confident they don't feel they need to know. I think.Alison Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638794898163576730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-57406621752148013492016-05-24T19:57:35.575+00:002016-05-24T19:57:35.575+00:00I agree Anna, we talk about these things at home -...I agree Anna, we talk about these things at home - Kathy always buys her own poppy and observes the minute silence on Remembrance Day.Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-22880267237504762742016-05-24T19:43:26.233+00:002016-05-24T19:43:26.233+00:00I'd say it is up to parents. In our home we ha...I'd say it is up to parents. In our home we have always talked a lot about context, and how can we assess our world without understanding the historical background? <br />Some years ago, the Swedish government was shocked to discover so many knew so little about the Holocaust, and accordingly a book was produced and sent out to all Swedish households. I think it helped.<br />Anna Belfragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159728310623757488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-72256293155396623322016-05-24T13:02:38.639+00:002016-05-24T13:02:38.639+00:00and rightly proud! and rightly proud! Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-2703225978547358732016-05-24T12:53:15.786+00:002016-05-24T12:53:15.786+00:00I am proud to say my fourteen-year-old daughter kn...I am proud to say my fourteen-year-old daughter knows when the Holocaust took place, D-Day and where. Matter of fact she knows more about World War II than a lot of adults I know. She can even tell you who FDR and Churchill were. She has a great interest in history. Most of what she has learned has been from reading on her own and not from school. Stephanie Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155903750613546836noreply@blogger.com