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25 Jun 09

What do our textbooks omit? A sort of homage to James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me."

So what's a history teacher to do?

Romanowski urges teachers to support students in critiquing their textbooks and exploring perspectives beyond that of the texts. Teachers can ask their students, for example, to answer this question: "Whose viewpoint is presented, whose omitted, and whose interests are served?" Teachers can have them explore reactions of various Americans to a historical event, such as the attacks of 9/11, including that of the U.S. president, a member of Congress, a relative of a victim, and an Arab-American. Lastly, Romanowski recommends, teachers can use writing assignments to develop students' critical thinking.
- For some resources regarding how to do this, see George Mason University's Historical Thinking Matters, or Questioning Textbook Authority. - on 2009-06-25
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05 Jan 09

Use this tool to compare great works of art

01 Dec 08

Thanks to Angela Maiers on this one. Haven't checked out all of the resources on it yet, but will do over the next few days.

13 Nov 08

Track the Flu this winter using a joint project between Google and the CDC.

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