Thursday, December 3, 2009

Research Journal Assignment #13

A. I did a survey/poll with 25 of my co-workers.
The Question: Should the Holocaust be taught in public schools and why?
21 peoples answers were yes that the Holocaust should be taught in public schools.
4 peoples answers were no that it shouldn't be taught in public schools.
Two of the four people gave their responses on why they think that the Holocaust should not be taught in public schools. One reason was they didnt want their child to be taught about hatred at a young age. The second reason was that their family was Jewish and they didn't want their child to know what their ancestors went through until they were old enough to fully understand the content.

B. Ayer, Eleanor H. Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust: Ghettos. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, 1999. 1-55. Print.
This source was a book from the library. It was pretty much a diary of a lot of different people who lived through the Holocaust and told their story. It was a big help for my paper with the background information as well as some points in the rest of my paper.

Giddens Ed., Sandra M. Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust: Escape. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, 1999. 1-53. Print.
This source is a book. It is another diary from a lot of different people that lived through the holocaust and told their story from when some of them escaped. It helped with little points in my paper.

Greenfeld, Howard. After the Holocaust. New York: HarperCollins , 2001. 1-139. Print.
This source had a couple of good facts that helped me in my paper it was not what I expected though. I needed background information and it was just telling about what happened after the Holocaust and what certain people did.

Lightbody, Bradley. Invasion of Poland. 2005. bbc.org. Web.
This source was for a picture in the first page of my paper.