Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That’s discouraged.
Tag: History (Academic Subject)
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For Republican Governors, Civics Is the Latest Education Battleground
Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That’s discouraged.
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Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Who Looked at History From the Bottom Up, Dies at 94
He led a movement that rejected historiography’s traditional emphasis on great events and leaders in favor of mining the “mental universe” of peasants, merchants and clergymen.
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Jane Garrett, Book Editor With a Prizewinning Touch, Dies at 88
History books she shepherded over 44 years at Alfred A. Knopf won a raft of Pulitzers — seven in all — as well as Bancrofts, though one set off a furious academic debate.
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Anthony Vidler, Architectural Historian Who Reshaped His Field, Dies at 82
He reached beyond conventional history to bring in perspectives from literary theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis.