HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Students need more uniform teaching of Constitution, historians say Source: The Oklahoma U Daily 2-28-12 Instructors need to teach the U.S. Constitution to all students in a stimulating way to create well-educated citizens who are aware of their responsibilities, according to seven panelists in a [...]
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History Buzz February 28, 2012: David McCullough, Gordon Wood: Students need more uniform teaching of US Constitution, Historians say at panel “The Teaching of Constitutional History in the 21st Century University”
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 28, 2012
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History Buzz February 19, 2012: New Museums; the National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Center for Civil and Human Rights & International African American Museum to Shine a Spotlight on Civil Rights Era
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP New Museums to Shine a Spotlight on Civil Rights Era Source: NYT, 2-19-12 Andrew Councill for The New York Times The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington plans to display the lunch counter from an important civil rights protest in [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 19, 2012
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History Buzz November 21, 2011: David Cannadine: Leave UK history curriculum alone but teach it for longer, says U.S. historian
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY EDUCATION NEWS Source: Guardian (UK), 11-21-11 Towards the end of a typically barnstorming performance at the Hay Festival in May last year, during which Niall Ferguson had rubbished the way history was taught in this country, the spotlight was turned towards the audience to [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 21, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/history-buzz-november-21-2011-david-cannadine-leave-uk-history-curriculum-alone-teach-longer-says-us-historian/
History Buzz November 17, 2011: Steven Volk: Oberlin College history professor named one of country’s top professors
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Steven Volk: Oberlin College history professor named one of country’s top professors Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer, 11-17-11 View full size Tanya Rosen-Jones Steven Volk, a history professor at Oberlin College, is one of the U.S. Professors of the Year. Steven Volk, a history professor and chair [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 17, 2011
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History News September 30, 2011: Our Virginia: Past and Present: Faulty Virginia History Textbook Restored by State to Classrooms
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP One historian had identified more than 50 errors in original version Source: Fairfax Times, 9-30-11 After criticism in regard to factual errors removed it from classrooms last school year, a fourth-grade Virginia history textbook gained reapproval by the State Board of Education on Sept. 22. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on October 2, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/our-virginia-past-and-present-faulty-virginia-history-textbook-restored-state-classrooms/
History Buzz September 27, 2011: Julian Bond: Students’ Knowledge of Civil Rights History Has Deteriorated, Study Finds
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY EDUCATION Source: NYT 9-27-11 When Julian Bond, the former Georgia lawmaker and civil rights activist, turned to teaching two decades ago, he often quizzed his college students to gauge their awareness of the civil rights movement. He did not want to underestimate their grasp [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on September 27, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/history-buzz-september-27-2011-julian-bond-students-knowledge-civil-rights-history-deteriorated-study-finds/
Lisa Norling: History classes might be taking a back seat in Minnesota
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Star Tribune, 7-4-11 Do Minnesota students know their U.S. history? Despite a recent report showing a limited grasp of U.S. history by the nation’s students, Minnesota educators generally give fair marks to the students here. Young people often have a pretty good sense of dates, places, names and basic [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 4, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/lisa-norling-history-classes-might-taking-back-seat-minnesota/
David McCullough: Textbooks “so politically correct as to be comic”
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: WSJ, 6-18-11 ‘We’re raising young people who are, by and large, historically illiterate,” David McCullough tells me on a recent afternoon in a quiet meeting room at the Boston Public Library. Having lectured at more than 100 colleges and universities over the past 25 years, he says, “I know [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 18, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/david-mccullough-textbooks-so-politically-correct-as-to-be-comic/
New Report: U.S. History Majors Highest Earners in Humanities
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Robert Townsend at the AHA Blog, 6-6-11 A new report, from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University, on median salaries for undergraduate majors finds that history majors go on to earn fairly respectable salaries. Looking at the median salary for everyone aged 18 to 64 [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 6, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/new-report-u-s-history-majors-highest-earners-in-humanities/
Linda Salvucci: History is being crowded out of the daily school schedules in many states across the nation; only 12 minutes a week?
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: CNN, 6-17-11 This past week, we learned that American students are less proficient in the history of the United States than in any other subject. The New York Times reported that the National Assessment of Educational Progress released the results of a nationwide exam given to thousands of students. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 17, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/linda-salvucci-history-crowded-out-daily-school-schedules-many-states-across-nation/
