Students Can Make Magic When We Give Them a Worthy Challenge

by Shelley Wright | Apr 23, 2011 | Less Teacher, More Student, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices

One of the defining moments of this exhibit day was when I led this couple to the Eugenics display.  One of my students started to explain the program, and she mentioned a particular doctor’s name who was involved with the experiments. The Jewish woman said, “ahhh, that is the doctor who experimented on my sister for 8 months.” Shock, and silence, from everyone.  She then proceeded to tell us the story and teach all of us. All of a sudden the Holocaust, and the tragedy of the eugenics experiments, became very real.