Part of this should be to ensure that those who teach our history to our children aren't socialist pieces of garbage.
Get some good patriots in there who can tell a good story, really bring history alive and make it interesting.
I had many different history teachers back in the late 80's early 90's... but i only remember learning anything from 2 of them. both of them knew how to make history come alive by getting us all interested in the story... to really understand how amazing and brilliant our forefathers were. Not just what they did... but WHY they did it... how they saw failures in other systems and used those lessons to form what many take for granted these days.
History should be the highlight of the kids day... it should be the one class they love going to even if all the other classes suck.
One of those two teachers i had, was a vet, and he brought friends in from the VFW to talk to us every once in a while. They would tell us stories, not about war or death... but about the reasons they served and why it was so important for us to love and value our country. They helped me appreciate the opportunities we have been given.
I never had a good history teacher. There are some very good ones on YT!
We did focus on the founding era, and the colonial era though. I grew up in one of the 13 colonies, and got so sick of hearing about it. What makes history interesting to me is what was going on at the same time around the world, how different people developed differently etc.
I got a really solid foundation on who our founding Fathers were though. As well as the motivations of people who lived through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, passed down through generations. Much more significant to learn than memorizing names and dates.
Every County seat maintains a law library that has all Congressional records going back to Ben Franklin. What these guys wrote and said should be a much bigger part of education.
Part of this should be to ensure that those who teach our history to our children aren't socialist pieces of garbage.
Get some good patriots in there who can tell a good story, really bring history alive and make it interesting.
I had many different history teachers back in the late 80's early 90's... but i only remember learning anything from 2 of them. both of them knew how to make history come alive by getting us all interested in the story... to really understand how amazing and brilliant our forefathers were. Not just what they did... but WHY they did it... how they saw failures in other systems and used those lessons to form what many take for granted these days.
History should be the highlight of the kids day... it should be the one class they love going to even if all the other classes suck.
it's that important.
Good idea.
Maybe a Veteran to Teacher idea...
One of those two teachers i had, was a vet, and he brought friends in from the VFW to talk to us every once in a while. They would tell us stories, not about war or death... but about the reasons they served and why it was so important for us to love and value our country. They helped me appreciate the opportunities we have been given.
I never had a good history teacher. There are some very good ones on YT!
We did focus on the founding era, and the colonial era though. I grew up in one of the 13 colonies, and got so sick of hearing about it. What makes history interesting to me is what was going on at the same time around the world, how different people developed differently etc.
I got a really solid foundation on who our founding Fathers were though. As well as the motivations of people who lived through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, passed down through generations. Much more significant to learn than memorizing names and dates.
Every County seat maintains a law library that has all Congressional records going back to Ben Franklin. What these guys wrote and said should be a much bigger part of education.