LogFAQs > #942202461

Okay, I think I know where the confusion lies.

When I was in school, yes we did have history books and, in retrospect, they were pretty white-washed. I will say that, growing up in Los Angeles, I did have super radical history teachers (one of whom kept getting in trouble with the school, but she was awesome, lol; she was the only teacher who taught a bit of LGBT history and identity in class, and as a gay kid I was really grateful for it) who had really amazing in-class activities and discussions, challenging things like manifest destiny, etc. Keep in mind that I didn't have as much access to the Internet at that time, so I really relied on those teachers to expose me to different perspectives.

With Common Core now, however, history has really focused on first-hand sources. In fact, students as early as 6th grade are answering document-based questions and writing full essays (I honestly didn't write a 5-paragraph essay until, maybe, 8th grade). I think that the current curriculum, and standards, lend themselves very easily to a critical lens from which to study history. I hope this makes sense.

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