A thought-provoking essay! Reminds me of Alan Jacobs' proposed "school for scale": https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-school-for-scale. I'd be curious to see what teaching for a sense of chronology looks like in action--probably something I could learn from myself!
“In the most extreme cases, such as the popular but deeply flawed “1619 Project,” it has produced an ideologically-driven view of the past in service of present political goals.” I’d be interested to hear more of your critique here.
Christine Rosen's substantive essay is a mile marker on history's road. There is need of a "coherent narrative," which is "cultivating understanding," a benefit to "character forming," creating "informed citizens," upon "intellectual scaffolding," requiring "the cultivation of a certain sensibility about the past." May these words linger in our minds, find their way into our classes, and transform our affections.
A thought-provoking essay! Reminds me of Alan Jacobs' proposed "school for scale": https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-school-for-scale. I'd be curious to see what teaching for a sense of chronology looks like in action--probably something I could learn from myself!
“In the most extreme cases, such as the popular but deeply flawed “1619 Project,” it has produced an ideologically-driven view of the past in service of present political goals.” I’d be interested to hear more of your critique here.
Christine Rosen's substantive essay is a mile marker on history's road. There is need of a "coherent narrative," which is "cultivating understanding," a benefit to "character forming," creating "informed citizens," upon "intellectual scaffolding," requiring "the cultivation of a certain sensibility about the past." May these words linger in our minds, find their way into our classes, and transform our affections.