Introduction

      The Facing History Course is a class that teaches the students about themselves. This course endorses greater awareness of the issues that are occurring and have occurred in society, and allow the students to see how diverse the world and the community are. Examinations of bias, racist, and prejudice context took place, and students were able to make connections between the history of it and the moral/ethical ways of life. Students get to experience nothing they have ever experienced before. They get to see what goes on in the rest of the world, and see first-hand what other people had to go through due to one political power or belief. This course intrigued me because I wanted to learn more about the Holocaust, and go more in depth with what actually happened. Even though the information was sickening at times, I got to see what society is like in other parts of the world, and I got to actually see documentaries on what the poor Jewish people had to go through. This course helped me see things in a completely different light, and taught me how people in society will do absolutely anything to stay alive, and will follow the stronger leader even if they do not agree with what they are promoting. I grew up celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah due to my parents’ different religions and, since I never got to attend Hebrew school, it was important for me to learn about my ancestors’ pasts and see the truth behind the entire genocide. This course changed me as a person, and showed me how society truly reacts during dangerous times. It exposes the truth behind what the Jews actually had to go through, and how they were tortured and beaten to death. A lot of the things you see and witness are gruesome and very hard to watch, but it is all worth it in the end because this course is a learning and life changing experience.