First of all Happy Veteran's Day!!! I have profound respect for our professional military keeping us safe at home and around the world both now and in a historical sense.
This will be the last one for the semester. It piggy-backs off of the last presentations in which we discussed matters of social class and contemporary history. In this blog I would like us to discuss the argument of another scholar--Diane Hess. The article is entitled "Controversial issues and democratic discourse (the PDF file was e-mailed to you). Fitting for us given some of our rich discussions on "what to teach" as a social studies teacher in the 21st Century. After identifying her main "essential questions" and "big ideas" I would like you to express commentary on her conclusions. Think about the potential of controversial issues like Iraq 2003, border control, GITMO, Lewinsky Scandal, pay raises in PA, health care reform...no shortage of issues in contemporary history.
Keep working hard in those important classrooms.
Yours, Mark
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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