I would argue that shocking young children or even teenagers may not necessarily help empathy. Empathy is a cognitive skill whose capacity is greatly reduced in

I would argue that shocking young children or even teenagers may not necessarily help empathy. Empathy is a cognitive skill whose capacity is greatly reduced in children simply because of the way the brain develops. I would argue what is instead best is to acknowledge that and have lessons be based on helping children empathize with the great tragedy that occurred, in personal ways, or even help them wrap their heads around the sheer horror of it. It is unlikely they are fully capable but if they can develop their own ideas about the horrific events that occurred and why they are bad, then as they grow older they may be able to develop empathy from there about those events. Unfortunately, I fear this is becoming more and more difficult with the recent rise of nationalism in many countries...