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Holocaust education in Arizona

When Amanda Johnson was visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, she didn’t take photos of the heart-wrenching scenes at the memorial. Instead, she bought books to share with her students and help them learn about the millions of Jewish people who were killed during the Holocaust. Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2022, at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe. (Photo by Sophie Oppfelt/Cronkite News) Amanda Johnson, 44, an English teacher at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, went to Auschwitz-Birkenau and other important landmarks of the Holocaust and World War II with Northern Arizona University’s Martin-Springer Institute in June. Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2022 at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe. (Photo by Sophie Oppfelt/Cronkite News) Amanda Johnson is an English teacher at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe. Arizona passed a law in 2021 requiring middle school and high school teachers to incorporate curriculum about the Holocaust and other genocides. Johnson went with a group of Arizona teachers to Europe over the summer to learn more about the Holocaust. Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2022, in Tempe. (Photo by Sophie Oppfelt/Cronkite News)