Introduction

Facing History and Ourselves is the best course I have taken in all my life. The course I tell everybody that they should take it. Mr. Gallagher is the perfect teacher to teach it. The course opened my eyes to History, the stuff we learned about the holcaust before this course is like a neddle in a hay stack compared to what we learned in facing history and Ourselves.  The purpose of this course is to show us all the facts about the holocaust and other genisides in the world. And for us to internalize the information. Look at ourselves in the mirror and decide if were going to be a follower, bystander or stand up and believe in whats right. We saw the terrible crimes the german committed to the jewish race and it was heart breaking. To imagine that another human could do the things they did to another human because of there religion.  Every history teacher tells you learn history to not make the same mistakes as past. So Mr. Gallagher grabbed the worst part of human history and broke it down.We learned the root causes and motives of the germans and other evil forces. On why they did such terrible crimes. In Facing History and Ourselves you go to class and watch a movie. The class sounds easy and all you have to do is blog about what you saw. You eventually have every week you and your class makes reflecting on what you saw. Everybody talks about the inhumane-ness of the Germans, or feels sad for the Armini's. The class teaches it self and you have Mr. Gallagher pointing you in the right direction. The class may seem depressing watching terrible film after another, but that is depressing. But we have to face it and realized what happened. So nothing like that will ever happen again.