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"Steven T. Corneliussen" <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:10:03 -0400
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 > There is a serious movement to rewrite history. ... I
 > think that moving in the direction of using primary
 > sources to teach history, moving away from textbooks
 > that have factual errors, and become political weapons
 > of propaganda that have a lasting effect on our children
 > is something that should be discussed.

But wouldn't we then simply debate which primary sources to select? And 
wouldn't teachers still have to do lots of interpreting anyway? And 
wouldn't variations in that interpreting cause further debating, with 
further charges of unconstructive revisionism and accusations about 
propagandizing?

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