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Framing and History…

May 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Saw this in Washington Monthly regarding a teacher in Nebraska, Michael Baker, who was "let go" after a showing of Baghdad ER .  I found the following most interesting:

Baker has clashed with administrators before. In 2005, they objected to his innovative approach to teaching history, which was to start at the present and work backwards, an approach he'd been using for four years.

What a world of difference that makes, teaching history from the viewpoint of the present being linked to the past, as opposed to current events being on e of the inevitable outcomes of manifest destiny. 

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