I wrote this for History class.
Cronon, William. “Teaching American History.” The American Scholar (Winter 1998): 91-93.
Diggins, John Patrick. “Teaching American History.” The American Scholar (Winter 1998): 93-94.
Kerber, Linda K. “Teaching American History.” The American Scholar (Winter 1998): 99.
McDougall, Walter A. “Teaching American History.” The American Scholar (Winter 1998): 102.
The authors talk about the problem of teaching American History to students in response to the “American History Standards”. Some are in favor and some are against. Some students who are not interested in History may be more interested in subject A in History, his teacher should start with A and then continue to the subject B from there. For other students, it might be better to start with subject B and then continue from subject A from subject B. William Cronon does not take a political stand on the issue but some of the others do. Some of the people take Left Wing stands while others take Right Wing stands.
The method of teaching History should be left up to the individual teacher. Each teacher knows what works best for his own students. In addition to that, teachers should not be forced to teach multiculturalism in their class. It was the European immigrants that made the United States what it is. It is a travesty what the multinational elite are imposing on the American education system in order to indoctrinate the youth in what they believe in. Being objective is one thing but that doesn’t mean people have to be taught the views of the extreme left. American History should be taught from the viewpoint of being a patriotic American. The Founding Fathers are true American heroes. Later Presidents along the line such as Andrew Jackson or Theodore Roosevelt may be judged to be great leaders but their policies may seem to go against the principles of the Founding Fathers in the eyes of many American patriots. Their big government policies are viewed as treasonous to the original intent of the Founders. American children should indeed be taught the traditional American values of the Founding Fathers. The values of the Founding Fathers are what made this country what it is. It is the civic role of American school teachers to instill upon their pupils these traditional American values.
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