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1/3 can pass U.S. citizenship test
Why did the colonists fight the British? Most Americans don’t know, according to a new survey. When was the U.S. Constitution ratified? Which countries did the U.S. fight in World War II? Asked...
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? What should every American know? Aspen’s Citizenship and American Identity program is asking. The video features four immigrants talking about America.
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Teach history, not ‘social studies’ units
Periodically, my eighth-grade teacher would fill the blackboard with everything we should “know” for the test. I remember “1777” (battle of Saratoga, turning point of the Revolutionary War). I also...
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Return of the hero
A military honor guard carries the casket of U.S. Sen. John McCain at the Capitol. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/AFP “We live in an era where we knock down old American heroes for all their imperfections, when...
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It’s all hate speech now
The Declaration of Independence includes hate speech, according to Facebook’s algorithm. Christian Britschgi explains on Reason‘s blog. The Liberty County Vindicator of Liberty County, Texas began...
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Learn, talk, think
Three girls are using prior knowledge, texts and images to rank five Civil War heroes in order of heroism. Then they’ll write essays justifying their choices. Two classmates are analyzing the...
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History is taught as texts without context
Who’s that man? Why is the crowd gathered? Teachers aren’t supposed to say. Studying texts, without context, is no way to learn history, writes Will Fitzhugh on Diane Ravitch’s blog. But it’s the...
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Teaching ‘Black Panther’
? Black Panther, a huge box office hit, is a “hit with teachers” too, reports Brenda Iasevoli in Ed Week. Teachers are building lessons based on the film, set in the super hi-tech, uncolonized African...
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What’s ‘age appropriate’ for young students?
When are children ready to learn about slavery, the Trail of Tears or the Holocaust? Parents and teachers want lessons to be “age appropriate,” but disagree on when children are ready for painful...
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Kids, you’re not ‘stamped’
Moshe K. Levy considers himself “pro-human” rather than “anti-racist,” he writes on FAIR’s site. So he’s not a fan of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped (For Kids), which is being taught in elementary and middle...
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