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MEDIA RELEASE : ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL HARPENDEN

 

January 24th 2011 – for HOLOCAUST WEEK

 

HOLOCAUST STUDIES PIONEERED BY HARPENDEN TEACHER

 

SCHOOL TOURS TO BERLIN RELIVE DRAMAS OF 20th CENTURY HISTORY

 

LEADING JOURNAL PUBLISHES TEACHER’S ARTICLE IN SPECIAL EDITION TO MARK HOLOCAUST

 

Head of History’s research recognised by leading journal and used as main article in January special edition

 

St George’s pupils’ tours of Berlin provide research material for innovative approach

 

 

David Waters, Head of History at St George’s school paid tribute to his GCSE pupils over the last few years who have provide him with the research evidence in developing his ideas about using a city to explain and describe the Holocaust to school children.

 

His work now published by the Historical Association this January forms the main article in it special Holocaust edition and has brought David much admiration.

 

Students at the 1300 strong Sun Lane secondary school have been visiting Berlin for a number of years now as part of their GCSE studies. David knows the city well and has mapped out a detailed itinerary to reveal the layers of the city’s history and to make the tragedy of the Holocaust come alive. ‘My tours take in places in addition to visits to the normal sites connected with Holocaust studies’ commented David; ‘what we see and uncover can really stir up strong emotions as we learn together by actually seeing areas that featured in this dreadful period of history.’

 

Headmaster Norman Hoare and the whole staff congratulated David on his most recent article for the Historical Association. “As Head of History the subject of 20th Century history is a major part of our work at senior level – the success of GCSE work and the Berlin visit is seen clearly in the Department’s excellent results and the huge numbers who go onto study the subject at A level and then degrees in Modern History”

 

The photograph shows David Waters surrounded with students in Year 11 preparing for GCSE who visited Berlin last summer.