Article: At Los Angeles public schools, 8th graders taking a class in critical thinking were asked to do a writing assignment. The assignment asked them to write about whether the Holocaust happened only "for political gain" or possibly never even occurred at all. Parents who found out about this assignment contacted Jewish organizations like the ADL and Simon Weisenthal Center, who contacted the school board and demanded that the assignment be taken away. Last night, at an emergency school board meeting, the assignment was taken away and the school board apologized for not having stopped the assignment from taking place at the very beginning.
Questions:
- What is critical thinking? Why is it important?
- Why was the question in this assignment offensive to Jews?
- Why do some people want to try to make people believe that the Holocaust never happened? Why is this dangerous?
- If you hear something happen at school that you think is wrong, what actions can you take?
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