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Technical_Hair_4383 OP t1_j04335f wrote

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>What period are you talking about? How long has it been since you observed a history teacher doing anything in the classroom? Or looked in a recently published curriculum? Or examined state history frameworks?
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>Most well-qualified high school teachers now use primary documents regularly and teach students to read them critically. That's teaching the basics, I think. And there is more support now than ever. Here is one of the foremost institutions working with teachers: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Take a look around the site. Here is another worth looking at: https://www.neh.gov/ and these videos.
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>I think you don't know as much about teaching history as you think you do.

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March_Latter t1_j06j4p4 wrote

Have you met todays under 30 crowd? If teachers claim to be teaching the correct documents then they can explain how these kids don't know anything about even basic history. Perhaps an investigation of their absolute failure would be best. Its either they are teaching it wrong, or they are complete failures in their jobs and these kids are making up their own history.

Go find one and ask them questions. They do not know the answer. WWI...complete unaware. WWII? We went to save the jews? Korea Absolutely positively zero. Vietnam, just the sexual revolution and our troops discovered drugs. American Indians, magical people who never harmed any one and were living in complete peace when the white people intentionally killed them with disease.

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Technical_Hair_4383 OP t1_j08lr1w wrote

What evidence do you have for your claims? That's what I ask my history students.

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March_Latter t1_j08nsub wrote

Go ask your past students. There should be a Starbucks right up the street and they will be there behind the counter. Ask some basic questions. Find out for yourself.

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Technical_Hair_4383 OP t1_j08tt9g wrote

I teach mainly psychology these days, and the graduates from my classes are not behind the counter at Starbucks, lol. You seem to form your opinions based mainly on personal experience and conjecture. Have a nice day.

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March_Latter t1_j08vvlk wrote

You seem to be only able to look straight ahead and notice whats next to you. Sorry you have been given a position educating kids..they actually needed someone.

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