The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 is Journeys. In the last year I have been on a journey that has done a great deal to challenge my own understanding and appreciation of one of history’s darkest and most defining periods, and in turn, how I teach it.
Indeed, by taking part in two site-based courses run by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) – in Poland and Germany – I have come to appreciate the importance of emphasising the journeys of individuals, groups and nations before the rise of Nazism, between 1933 and 1945, and beyond.
I am a teacher of history, politics and sociology at Tapton School in Sheffield, where I began as an NQT in 2012. We are a comprehensive secondary school with a 6th form in the heart of the steel city. We have a diverse community within Tapton, comprising pupils from across the city and indeed the world, with more than 40 languages spoken by pupils within the school.
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