Wisconsin to require Holocaust education starting in 5th grade

Source: https://www.jta.org/quick-reads
Published: May 10, 2021
Author: staff
Post Date: 2021-05-10 08:56:06 by Horse
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Students in Wisconsin will now be required to study the Holocaust at least twice between fifth and 12th grade.

A bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Tony Evers mandates that lessons about the Holocaust and other genocides be included in social studies classes at least once between fifth and eighth grade, and again in high school.

“This bill will affect generations of kids in our state and bring increased awareness, and recognition in our schools to the tragedies of the Holocaust, the pervasiveness of anti-Semitism to this day, and hopefully cultivate a generation that is more compassionate, more empathetic, and more inclusive,” Evers said in a statement.

The measure, which was passed unanimously by the Legislature, makes Wisconsin the 19th state to require Holocaust education in high school, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum.

Evers signed the bill at the offices of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, which advocated for it.

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#1: TommyTheMadArtist    To: Horse (#0)

I am of the mind that if you force people to read about it, they will get tired of it very very quickly. So in a way this will be good as it will create generations of people questioning it.

TommyTheMadArtist posted on 2021-05-10 11:42:52   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Darkwing    To: Horse (#0)

They will never teach the murder of millions of white people, just jews and blacks.

Darkwing posted on 2021-05-10 12:21:19   Reply   Private Reply