re: Common core continues to indoctrinate the young, with bogus history

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The Common Core presents a great opportunity to inspire teachers to teach history as an investigative process instead of something to memorize

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It allows teachers to teach history based on their feelings rather that the actual memorizing of dates and facts. It allows for teachers to place in history things which were not there in the original facts.

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CC assists teachers in helping the public move beyond understanding history as merely facts to be covered. Factual information is central to reading and writing about the past, but too often the public’s understanding of history stops with facts. Using the CC as justification for an expanded focus on reading and writing enables history teachers to devote extensive class time to the historical habits of mind that a study of the past fosters. Expanding on the CC’s cursory references to interpretation, primary and secondary sources, and the use of evidence, teachers can help their students recognize the importance of identifying the author, intended audience, and context in which these sources were created. Instead of allowing students to read for the sole purpose of finding an answer, history teachers can use the CC to launch discussions about corroborating sources, evaluating authors’ claims and use of evidence, and determining instances of ambiguity in texts.

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