s, one of which is living in a nuclear age with its potential for global disaster. When students study the holocaust, they can apply certain lessons to these modern day issues. For example, they can use what they learn to make decisions about today's leaders and how close to follow them in matters related to nuclear (and other) issues.
With respect to teaching the holocaust, Strom (1983) makes a key point. Specifically, Strom states that it is insufficient to merely school children in the facts regarding World War II and the holocaust; rather, he states, the facts must be presented in such a way that students feel a sense of strength and power to overcome and even change events. Otherwise, they are apt to be taught powerlessness in the face of unyielding and brutal authority.
The story of the Holocaust is the story of upwards to twenty million murdered people--the destruction of sub-human and inferior people to make living room for a master race. . .The story of
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