So what's a history teacher to do?
Romanowski urges teachers to support students in critiquing their textbooks and exploring perspectives beyond that of the texts. Teachers can ask their students, for example, to answer this question: "Whose viewpoint is presented, whose omitted, and whose interests are served?" Teachers can have them explore reactions of various Americans to a historical event, such as the attacks of 9/11, including that of the U.S. president, a member of Congress, a relative of a victim, and an Arab-American. Lastly, Romanowski recommends, teachers can use writing assignments to develop students' critical thinking.
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The Travel Film Archive | Stock Footage from around the World - 3 views
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Travel back in time and around the world with The Travel Film Archive. The Travel Film Archive is a collection of travelogues and educational and industrial films that show the world the way it was between 1900 and 1970. Among our holdings are archives of the renowned travel filmmakers Burton Holmes, Andre de la Varre, and James A. FitzPatrick, as well as footage shot by many other intinerant cameramen. Footage from The Travel Film Archive is available for licensing from Getty Images and the TFA Network of agents, either directly or through this site. At this time we do not provide footage for personal use.
Curriculum Matters: U.S. History Textbooks' Omissions - 0 views
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What do our textbooks omit? A sort of homage to James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me."
Seventeen Moments - 0 views
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Fantastic resource. "SEVENTEEN MOMENTS IN SOVIET HISTORY was funded by a generous educational development grant from the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH). The project was directed and created by James von Geldern (Macalester College) and Lewis Siegelbaum (Michigan State University). Since 2007, Kristen Edwards (Menlo College) has collected materials for the website from the Hoover Archives and Stanford Libraries."
Australian War Memorial - 3 views
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diary of HV Reynolds These boots are made for walking… too! 23 June 2010 by Dianne Rutherford Observations of a Film and Sound accessions officer… 22 June 2010 by Kassandra Hobbs 1941 anniversary exhibition 18 June 2010 by Karl James A collection of First World War fundraising badges 11 June 2010 by Pen Roberts Prisoners of the Japanese: A radio broadcast 28 May 2010 by Jennifer Selby New display of First World War postcards 11 May 2010 by Pen Roberts Food from Heaven – 460 Squadron and Operation Manna, 1945 29 April 2010 by Dianne Rutherford 95th Anniversary of Gallipoli Campaign 23 April 2010 by Nicholas Schmidt Events Daily closing ceremony Featuring either a live bugler or piper. Proudly sponsored by TransACT 5:00pm in the Commemorative Area Free Memorial Tours are conducted daily Subscribe to our monthly e-mail newsletter Events calendar Coming soon Conference, 5 - 6 August Remembrance Day, 11 November
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