I have an assignment for one of my education classes and I was reading through the TEKS for 7th grade through 12th grade Social Studies. I am shocked and amazed by so many of the TEKS. It is so clearly exposing only conservative ideas and doesn't even mention segregation or Jim Crow. Only “describe Ronald Reagan’s leadership” and “describe Nixon’s leadership”. They only mention the less disagreeable things they did an not things like the Vietnam War, Watergate or apathy about the AIDS epidemic. There is also no mention of discussing “LBJ’s leadership in the good things he did” or JFK. The words “expansionism” instead of “imperialism”. I could go on and on.
I googled about this because I am so unsettled by this and found this article which discusses this.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/texas-social-studies-standards_n_6029224.html
My question is that the TEKS don't include SO many important things in history. Can teachers discuss with students all of the things not mentioned in TEKS but that are extremely important to the topic being covered? Also, are teachers allowed to implement TEKS while letting students know they are biased and inaccurate to some degree?
Hope to hear back. Thanks!
Submitted July 22, 2018 at 03:59PM by Ashton1881 https://ift.tt/2mDZs4t
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