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LB679 Holocaust Education Grant Program Minh…
LB679 Holocaust Education Grant Program
Minh Duc Le
Department of Social Work Chadron State College
SW434: Policy analyst and advocacy
Adrianna Calle
September 15,2023
Last summer, I worked at a ranch and socialized with some wonderful folks in the area. In addition to that, I often have the chance to discuss the insanity that is our world with a several of young students(cowboys). We discussed a terrible event that occurred during either World War I, World War II and during the Nazi regime. One of the instances of genocide that they are unaware of that has place is the Holocaust. In my opinion, teaching via history is a way that can be used to increase the level of knowledge that students have. Not only do we study the history of the United States, but we also study the histories of other countries, the Holocaust and Genocide in the world. In this paper, through one proposal, I hope that we will be able to establish a funding program for Holocaust education in Nebraska. One of the powers that the state has is the ability to provide schools and educational opportunities. I have high hopes that both the federal government and state governments would increase the amount of funding available to schools so that they can develop Holocaust education.
The Holocaust was the worst tragedy that ever befell the Jewish people. It began in the late 1930s and lasted until the end of World War II. During this time, six million Jews from all over Europe were rounded up and murdered in concentration camps run by the Nazis. death by suffocation. After Adolf Hitler’s ascension to the position of Fuhrer of Germany in 1933, the regime moved very swiftly to broaden its anti-Semitic policy. By stating that the Aryans, who were the ancestors of the German people, were the superior race and that other races, notably Jews, are of lesser class, Hitler, with his German racism, raised the pride and consensus of Germans. He did this by declaring that the Aryans were the superior race.
Hitler’s theory was that the race that was superior in terms of intelligence, health, and adaptation to its environment would be the race that was granted the privilege to continue existing; any race that was inferior in terms of intelligence, health, or adaptation to its environment would be eradicated. As a direct consequence of this depraved worldview, the lives of six million Jews living in Europe were cut tragically short in the little span of time between 1939 and 1945. It seemed at this time that the Jewish people had been completely eradicated.
According to Unicameral Update of the Nebraska Legislature’s official. Sponsored by Omaha Senator Jen Day, LB679 stipulates that the Department of Education of the state of Nebraska must establish and manage a program that awards grants to school districts and educational service units for the purpose of educating educators on the Holocaust and genocide with the intention of incorporating this information into social studies standards. The issue that arises in this context is, why is it? that the very first thing we, the people, and we are Americans? Why do I say American? Because in the United States, we acknowledge seven different racial categories: white, black, Hispanic, Asian, native American/Alaska native, and native Hawaiian. Students will have a better chance of respecting and comprehending the traditions of other people if they are educated about the nuances of other races.
According to Jen Day, the proposed initiative aims to complement the existing legislation, LB888, that was successfully passed last year. This legislation mandates the State Board of Education to establish academic content standards pertaining to the Holocaust and other instances of genocide. In some states, such as Wisconsin, according to Wisconsin department of public instruction students are obliged to learn about the Holocaust and other genocides as part of the social studies curriculum at least once during grades 5-8 and at least once during grades 9-12. This is in line with Wisconsin Act 30, which was signed into law in the spring of 2021 and went into effect at that time. This piece of law required that the Holocaust and any other genocides be added to the curricula of public schools by the first of July in 2022, and that instruction on these topics must begin no later than the 2022-2023 academic year.
According to new Pew Research Center survey, the majority of individuals in the United States are aware of what the Holocaust was and about when it occurred; yet less than half of these adults can provide accurate responses to multiple-choice questions on the number of Jews who were killed or the process in which Adolf Hitler rose to power. A separate poll was conducted with around 1,800 adolescents in the United States (aged 13 to 17). The general consensus is that the adolescents’ degree of awareness of the Holocaust is lower than that of their elders. However, similar to the adults, the adolescents performed the best on the questions that asked them to identify ghettos and describe when the Holocaust happened. The majority of adolescents, perhaps half or more, provide accurate responses to such questions. In instance, 38% of adolescents are aware that the Holocaust resulted in the deaths of nearly 6 million Jews, yet only one-third of adolescents are aware that Hitler rose to power by democratic means.
According to Jen Day statement, the grant program aims to afford educational institutions the valuable opportunity to facilitate workshops, conduct teacher training sessions, invite speakers, and explore various avenues to augment the overall efficacy of their Holocaust education curriculum. The proposed legislation demonstrates the clear intention of appropriating a total of $2 million to the program for the fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25. Do I think that two million dollars is a lot of money? In my opinion, one of the subjects about Holocaust that is not required to be taught in Nebraska schools is financial literacy, but that is about to change.
Why some states do not mandate that students learn about the Holocaust in school. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a total of 23 states mandate that their students learn about the Holocaust. The instruction will provide the groundwork for students to grasp… human rights problems, with a focus on the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, as well as modern concerns.
It’s possible that certain states give disciplines like mathematics and English language arts more weight than others, such history, and social studies, which might lead to differences in curricular requirements. It’s possible that states with greater Jewish populations or a history of Holocaust survivors relocating in the region are more likely to include Holocaust teaching into their classroom lessons. Last but not least, the availability of resources in some states may be limited like money, educator, teachers, which might make it difficult to include new topics in the curriculum.
Megan Helberg, representing the esteemed Nebraska State Education Association, provided compelling testimony in favor of the bill. He said, LB679 is a proposed legislative measure aimed at guaranteeing that educators in Nebraska are provided with the necessary access to meticulously curated, top-notch resources.
The Holocaust, which took place between 1933 and 1945, was followed by a number of other genocides, some of which are the genocide in Bangladesh (1971), Cambodian genocide (1979) the genocide in Rwanda (1994), the genocide committed by ISIS, and the Armenian genocide. Uyghur genocide by China Communist Party… These catastrophes of the conscience will occur once again, and just a few individuals will see them; after that, their voices may once more fade away into despair. They suffered the same fate as some of the persons who foresaw the Holocaust before to World War II: they were either disregarded, mocked, jailed, or even put to death.
However, we must keep in mind that knowledge concerning genocides will eventually make its way to us, in some form or another. It is up to the individual to determine whether or not they are capable of keeping their word, as well as whether or not they can keep their conscience clear. The death of conscience is guaranteed by apathy…
For me I do believe and support LB679, students need to be taught about the Holocaust also Genocide that they can comprehend it and recognize similar atrocities in the event that we experience another genocide in the future.
Reference
A&E Television Networks. (n.d.). Holocaust: Definition, remembrance & meaning – history. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
Admin. (2023, March 7). Proposal would create Holocaust Education Grant Program. Unicameral Update. http://update.legislature.ne.gov/?p=33701
LB888 legislative bill 888 introduced by day, 49. committee: Education. (n.d.). https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Intro/LB888.pdf
Act 30 (2021): Teaching the Holocaust and other genocides. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. (2023, August 16). https://dpi.wi.gov/social-studies/act-30-2021
Mitchell, T. (2020, January 22). What Americans know about the holocaust. Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2020/01/22/what-americans-know-about-the-holocaust/
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). United States holocaust memorial museum. https://www.ushmm.org/teach/fundamentals/where-holocaust-education-is-required-in-the-us
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