Teaching The History Wars

"For more than a century, academics, policymakers, politicians, and pundits have waged the seemingly endless “history wars” over what students should learn about our nation’s past. Teaching the history wars, I’ve discovered, is a fantastic way to introduce
students both to the contingent and contested nature of historical practice and to current efforts to restrict the history they and their peers can learn." - Article excerpt.

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Teaching The History Wars

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2023-05-12

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2023-04-18

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United States [n-us]

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"For more than a century, academics, policymakers, politicians, and pundits have waged the seemingly endless “history wars” over what students should learn about our nation’s past. Teaching the history wars, I’ve discovered, is a fantastic way to introduce
students both to the contingent and contested nature of historical practice and to current efforts to restrict the history they and their peers can learn." - Article excerpt.

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