Dave Woodcraft is passionate about engaging students and making them care about the past. He is unrepentant about wanting his lessons to have an emotional impact and a relevant, immediate appeal. To this end, he frequently uses modern parallels in his classroom to make the point that issues in the past often remain issues in the present. He also makes use of powerful images, music and drama in his teaching. Here, he shares an example of teaching Year 9 about the Holocaust.