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re: How often does History education curriculum get updated?
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:20 am to beantown
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:20 am to beantown
The curriculum itself gets minor updates every year from the state Dept of Ed. It gets a major overhaul roughly every ten years when new federal guidelines come out.
Textbooks are a district decision. Most districts do a yearly rotation (i.e. Math year one, science year 2, English 3, history/social science 4, electives 5). Which would mean roughly every 5 years they will adopt a new textbook.
Some rotate English/electives less frequently.
Textbooks are a district decision. Most districts do a yearly rotation (i.e. Math year one, science year 2, English 3, history/social science 4, electives 5). Which would mean roughly every 5 years they will adopt a new textbook.
Some rotate English/electives less frequently.
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Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:26 am to el Gaucho
History is not the only thing written by the Victors-
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:56 am to tigerstripedjacket
So, when does news become history? Who decides this sort of thing?
Posted on 12/26/16 at 11:46 am to mofungoo
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So, when does news become history? Who decides this sort of thing?
Simply put, California and Texas, for the most part.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 11:48 am to tiderider
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they're boring, homogenous sterilized collections of snapshots that offer almost no insight into an event or period ... we have the Internet and can teach all sides of an issue or event ... why do we need a textbook that has been watered down and is the product of compromises of petty ideological differences? ...
We didn't have computers when I was in elementary school and middle school. And it was called Social Studies, not History.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 12:02 pm to tigerstripedjacket
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Textbooks are a district decision. Most districts do a yearly rotation (i.e. Math year one, science year 2, English 3, history/social science 4, electives 5). Which would mean roughly every 5 years they will adopt a new textbook.
Our district did this for years. Because of budget problems and constant changes in standardized testing, we haven't adopted a new history text in ~10 years. This is fine by me because each update contained less historical content and more PC bullshite.
Molly Pitcher on the cover of a US History textbook? Give me a break.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 12:12 pm to tigerstripedjacket
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overhaul roughly every ten years when new federal guidelines come out.
Goes a long way to explaining why the US continues to fall in worldwide rankings.
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