Re: [ot] Adolf Hitler was a German football coach, say one in 20 children

[Dennis M Reed "Califa"]

we need more acurate history taught in our schools and not just math and
science!

language(s), arts, music, and physical education should also be returned to
the curricula.

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> Adolf Hitler was a German football coach, say one in 20 children
> One in 20 schoolchildren thought Adolf Hitler was a coach of the German
> football team, a survey said.
>
>
> Published: 1:21PM GMT 05 Nov 2009
>
> And one in six youngsters said they thought Auschwitz was a Second World
> War theme park while one in 20 said the Holocaust was a celebration at the
> end of the war.
>
> The survey for a veterans' charity also found one in 10 thought the SS
> stood for Enid Blyton's Secret Seven, and one in 12 believed the Blitz was
> a European clean-up operation following the Second World War.
>
> Scottish-based charity Erskine, which provides nursing and medical care
> for veterans, said it would now take part in a nationwide scheme to
> educate schoolchildren about the two world conflicts.
>
> The charity questioned 2,000 children between the ages of nine and 15
> about their knowledge of the key people and events of the two wars.
>
> While a quarter admitted they did not think about the soldiers who died in
> the conflicts, and 40 per cent said they did not know when Remembrance Day
> was, 70 per cent of all those surveyed said they wanted to learn more
> about the two wars in school.
>
> Major Jim Panton, chief executive of Erskine, said: ''Some of the answers
> to this poll have shocked us and it has shown that Erskine, amongst
> others, has a part to play, not just in caring for veterans but in
> educating society as a whole.
>
> ''As we approach Remembrance Day it is hard to believe that 40 per cent of
> our children do not know when it is. Schoolchildren are the future of the
> country and it is important that we help them to learn about our
> history.''
>
> The charity said it wanted some of the 1,350 veterans it cares for every
> year to share their experiences of the war with younger generations.
>
> Erskine will work in partnership with Their Past Your Future (TPYF)
> project, a partnership of the Imperial War Museum, the Museums, Libraries
> and Archives England, the Northern Ireland Museum Council, the National
> Library of Wales and the Scottish Museums Council, to help schoolchildren
> learn more about the conflicts.
>
> Andrew Salmond, a project manager for TPYF in Scotland, said: ''This
> initiative offers a fantastic opportunity to inform young people about the
> experiences of war - both at home and abroad.
>
> ''Some, we know, will convey wartime loss and suffering, others will speak
> of daring and inspiration. However, all will be of great educational
> value, offering an insight to what previous generations have endured in
> times of conflict.''
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