Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor. I have two masters degrees, one in educational leadership and one from MAHG. Parent groups have complained that teachers are injecting controversial topics into lessons.

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Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 96

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 12, 2021

Following up on my previous post , I’m going to share a fantastic blog post from Michael Kaechele : I have grown weary of the call to avoid controversial topics and stay neutral. There are many things in history that do not have two equal opposing sides: slavery, genocide, imperialism, colonialism, segregation, etc.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Colleges defend professors’ rights to pursue controversial topics of discussion such as climate change, police brutality, charter schools and pornography. Rasmusen understandably has come under fire for a history of racist, sexist and homophobic social media posts. Protecting core principles matters — but so does leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence. history and democracy depends on where you live, however.

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