Teaching Against Idiocy
Contemplating the root of the word “idiocy” leads Dr. Walter Parker to explore the challenge that democratic societies face of developing public-minded citizens. The schools, he argues, are the most...
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How to Study SQ3R Reading Strategy CLUES Model to Thinking Critically. This Rocks! Several Note Taking Strategies Notes on Quality Presentations Multiple Intelligences Thinking Like A Genius
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“Ask yourself what you need to know to make this the kind of world you would like to live in. Demand that your teachers teach you that.” The assignment
View ArticleCould Texas’ Gingrich-Based High School History Curriculum Go National?
The GOP-controlled State Board of Education is working on a new set of statewide textbook standards for, among other subjects, U.S. History Studies Since Reconstruction. And it turns out what the board...
View ArticleVideo: Townhall with Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn discusses his classic book A People’s History of the United States. James R. Green, Professor of History at UMass, Boston, moderates.
View ArticleParanoid Style of American Politics
In this essay, originally published in Harper’s in 1964, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Richard Hofstadter offers an astute thematic analysis of paranoia in American politics. He examines the...
View ArticleMike Huckabee Fixes American History
Don’t worry, American youth: Mike Huckabee has fixed American history. No longer will you suffer under what Huckabee calls “the ‘blame America first’ attitude prevalent in today’s teaching.” Late...
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The 11 (5 Really) Declarations of War
As one might expect there is more to this story...
View ArticleLecture: Paradoxes of the American Experience
He is my lecture, Paradoxes of the American Experience, extrapolating on Michael Kammen’s masterpiece.
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