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Why Learn History (When It's Already on Your Phone)
Sam Wineburg
2018
The University of Chicago Press
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Amid the Online Glut of Facts and Fake News, We’re Teaching History Wrong
This is even trickier now that the language of critical thinking has been appropriated by the alt-right.
by
Rebecca Onion
,
Sam Wineburg
via
Slate
on
September 18, 2018
Argument
Howard Zinn’s Anti-Textbook
Teachers and students love "A People’s History of the United States." But it’s just as limited as the textbooks it replaces.
by
Sam Wineburg
via
Slate
on
September 16, 2018
Book Review
Why Read "Why Learn History"
(When It’s Already Summarized in This Article?)
by
Elizabeth Elliot
via
Perspectives on History
on
August 20, 2018