My father, like many Americans, is looking for a new career these days. He just completed his student teaching requirements and sat for the exam to teach history and civics to middle and high school students. In his words "It was a 3 hour long exam from a communist respective of the world."
That leads me to a book written about the teaching of history in America these days. You can catch the full article here and a short explanation below.
Larry Schweikart is a professor of history at the University of Dayton, and best-selling author of many books, including A Patriot's History of the United States. His latest book is 48 Liberal Lies About American History (That You Probably Learned in School).
Schweikart examined the top-selling U.S. history textbooks, along with other resources used in public schools, and found them seriously flawed. Not only were liberal lies pervasive, so was a negative view of America. As he writes in the book's introduction, modern textbooks often portray America as "a racist, sexist, imperialist regime." Good news is often omitted, while America's failings are emphasized.
My last column discussed the findings of the Bradley Project on America's National Identity as outlined in its report, "E Pluribus Unum."Concerned that America is in danger of losing a sense of national identity, the Bradley Project calls upon educators to move away from highlighting what's wrong with America over what is right, and to promote a shared sense of American identity rather than emphasize our ethnic, racial and religious differences.
But what about the additional issue of liberal bias in textbooks?
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I think that I'll pick up a copy of the book for myself and one for my father. He did pass the history exam and therefore I hope a nearby school district will put his knowledge and experience to work teaching children American history.
