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Greetings ALL
Posted: August 7th, 2006, 2:53 am
by vyoufinder
.Sorry.
Posted: August 7th, 2006, 9:54 am
by lundbaek
Vyoufinder's istory teacher reminds me of myself when I substitute teach history and social studies classes in the local public schools, which is a retirement activite/hobby. I usually take just a few minutes to remind the students that news reports as well as reports of other events are invariably slanted, biased, or distorted by the reporter(s). As examples they are close to, I cite differing reports of school ball games by the different schools involved, and if I think they can handle it I tell them what I learned about WW2 from living 12 years in Europe that is different from what they "learn" in school. Given time, I ask several students to name some events they would include in a history of the current or past school year, and then we discuss the differences in their lists. I consider it important to start students thinking about the possibility of mis- and dis-information in their history books.