Instead of having a history textbook there are assignments for the class to read material from different authors in order to explore context and the actual historical documents

I have come to believe that a two-page explanation in the textbooks could not be enough to explore the rich record and ideas that are all tangled up in every period of human history.

I suppose such an "exploration" would be very time-consuming. That's why this could be for people who chose to give up components of some other classes so they could focus on their interest in history.

With this, I believe, there is a smaller risk that propaganda and at least a certain viewpoint (because you inevitably need a viewpoint if you write anything at all) get sold to kids' impressionable minds.

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 06:03AM by ksapatupov https://ift.tt/2U9ghEk