Faculty Advisor: Chris Gibson
Course: First Year Seminar 101-42
Abstract: The turbulent nature of American history and America’s status as a cultural melting pot lends itself to many emerging, and even conflicting, interpretations of our country’s history. Critics of the current educational system feel that it has a predetermined set of facts that neatly fit into the glossy pages of textbooks- and an overly simplistic worldview that it imposes on children. Others in more recent months criticize the educational system for allegedly implicating a left-leaning political bias onto the facts of history. Enwrapped in this issue is the larger vetting process for which facts get taught, and which largely determines the narrative for many curriculums. Can simply pruning the tree of history make a curriculum seemingly lean towards one ideology over the other? These questions, coupled with the current climate of school board meetings all over the country begs the question: How should American History be taught to children in your local school?
Location: MAC, Table # 39
Poster Presentation
