My Lai Massacre Political Cartoon | Teachinghistory.org.
I’m trying to reconcile in my own mind “teaching” versus inspiring. Teaching may prevent an ignorant re-occurrence of a “bad” act, or it may prevent learning important information or rational. What the USA needs, right now, is inspiration, as the ad on TV for Chevron’s teaching teachers more information so they can inspire greatness to occur.
I’m also trying to reconcile “history”. Is it propaganda or information spin or “truth” or stories.
Does the lecturing of “facts” and dates without proper applicability to the student help or hurt? Or is it one more piece of information to be given for a student to recite back for credit so he or she can graduate? In this day-in-age?