English class... question?

However shocking it is, i think its appropriate to show. These atrocities should be made known to as many people as possible, theirs is a good age to digest this sort of material i think.

Watch it, kid. :)

"You can't spell slaughter without laughter." - Elmo

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I teach 7th grade and we are reading Night this year. I was very surprised last year when I found my 12 and 13 year old kids reading Wiesel. I thought all they knew was Anne Frank's diary, but thanks to the internet they know so much more about this evil stain on world history.

With that said, I would think a 15-16 year old could watch this film. Of course, any good teacher would give fair warning about the graphic photography. I wouldn't show it to my students, but I can guarantee you some of those immature students in your class will leave a different person for having seen this reality. I did, and I saw this in 11th grade. Even the class jagoff was quiet afterward, and we all just sat on the floor afterward and tried to process what we saw.

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I sat through the whole [excellent] series of 'The World At War' when I was about eleven. Sunday evening memories, those opening credits, that music, the sound of people marching, but the episode that has stuck in my mind was the one about the camps and particularly the images of the bodies being bulldozed at Bergen-Belsen. Even now, I can recall watching that as a child, with the little square in the corner of the screen, denoting that it was unsuitable for children to watch.

Thankfully it didn't do me any harm. If anything the series made me interested in history, in subjects which still interest me today. Show this to people at a young age and maybe it will prevent someone saying "Oh, I had absolutely no idea this all happened here!", as I heard a woman say at Auschwitz recently.



"They don't make straitjackets like they used to.... I should know"

Yes, for all your questions.

Yes it is very disturbing. Yes it will haunt you, Yes you can watch this.

One thing that maybe should be expected in a high school class is people using humour as a way to deal with seeing such atrocities appearing on screen. It will be too much for some people to handle, or they won't have constructive ways to deal with what they see. They need to get something out of their system when they see the images that are in this film, so the might make jokes as it's the only way they can figure out to let out the discomfort, disbelief and horror that they are feeling. If this film is viewed in a high school class, I think students should be made aware of the things they will be seeing in an earlier class. Then the film should be shown at the beginning of a two-hour block with the film shown first and then small support groups formed at its' conclusion so that people can talk through their feelings afterwards. Thought should go into which people should be in which support groups. Putting someone who can easily access their emotions in a group where someone is very closed off around emotions would not be a good idea. There should probably be designated leaders for each group as well who have experience with making support groups run well.