The paper presents partial results of a quantitative research survey that deals with the views of teachers of Czech Language and Literature at lower-secondary schools in the Vysočina Region on the implementation of the Shoah theme when teaching literature. In the paper we present the results of this hypothesis validation: 1) teachers whose second field of study is History have a higher implementation rate index than teachers otherwise certified; 2) teachers looking for books with historical themes to read during their own leisure time have a higher implementation rate index than other tested teachers; 3) male teachers show a higher implementation rate index than female teachers; 4) teachers with 20 years’ experience (inclusive) and more show a higher implementation rate index than those with experience of 19 years or less.

This paper focuses on the issue of integrating innovative methods into the teaching of literature in lower-secondary schools. It aims to highlight the factors that influence these methods’ use and thus fill a gap in the existing research in the field. The research inquiry is based on a qualitative approach; the group of respondents consists of male and female teachers working in lower-secondary schools at the time of the research. The structured interview method was chosen for data collection, and the data obtained was evaluated using grounded theory. We present the results obtained from 24 interviews. Due to the research’s qualitative nature, it is impossible to generalise from the findings. The so-called time and teacher factors and the classroom factors are associated with not using these methods, and developing competencies and applying them to life factors are associated with using them. The paper also comments on the influence of school support, the influence of inspiration from university teachers, and the positive experiences of the respondents. The influence of the age of the teachers was found to be insignificant.