Word: pasts
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Social sciences rarely offers a single answer to the questions they present, and thus in interpreting the past, we must not view historical interpretations as inherently antagonistic to each other. The debate involving the Texas Board will eventually subside, but the bigger issue regarding the way we perceive our history will persist...
...tempting and easy to consider one interpretation of American history an unequivocal fact. A thorough reading of Howard Zinn’s "A People’s History of the United States" can make a lasting impression on the reader’s sense of the past. However, this is but a singular lens through which to view a very abstract construct. Someone studying the more conservative interpretation offered by Larry Schweikart’s "A Patriot’s History of the United States" will hold a countervailing perspective on the events that shaped this nation. When a debate...
...evolving militancy of black mobilization in the mid-sixties. So before opponents associate all of the recommendations as mere brainwashing, it’s important to see that there are gaps in our history that must be filled so children will have a more balanced analysis of our complex past...
...past, the concern with students was not at all couched in terms of ceding power, it was a matter of confidentiality,” says Kane, who also sits on the Ad Board...
...order to meet this goal, the administration should expand the number of Harvard professors who teach such classes. In the past, economics seminars were generally headed by visiting faculty members. When the department’s visitor budget was slashed last year in the name of streamlining costs, there were fewer instructors on campus to teach the seminars. This was cited as a reason for the program’s temporary elimination. Although the department recently experienced an influx of visiting faculty, thanks to a partially restored budget, it should not depend on outside instructors to teach its most intimate...