The Past as Liberation from HistoryThe Past as Liberation from History explores the difference between the social construction we call history and the lived experience we call the past, arguing that by failing to distinguish between the two, we risk unquestionably accepting as authoritative accounts of the past in which we have no voice. It shows that identities rooted in the richness and variety of the past, even when the history is painful, serve the purpose of drawing us closer to one another as we seek to realize our shared dreams of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. By placing in counterpoint broader educational concerns with the teaching experiences of the author, the study also explores this individual's testimony as a teacher seeking to make relevant for his students the examination of the past. |
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... significance comes from a vari- ety of newer historical studies that counter the postmodernist as- sertion that narrative is incompatible with critical thinking . These studies focus on the ways in which society has perceived poor white ...
... significance comes from a vari- ety of newer historical studies that counter the postmodernist as- sertion that narrative is incompatible with critical thinking . These studies focus on the ways in which society has perceived poor white ...
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... significance because it dramatized the plight of being poor and white in the antebellum South . Other historians were also turning their attention to the ob- scure and finding greater significance . In Celia , A Slave , Melton A ...
... significance because it dramatized the plight of being poor and white in the antebellum South . Other historians were also turning their attention to the ob- scure and finding greater significance . In Celia , A Slave , Melton A ...
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... Significance and obscurity , in fact , are not antonymous ; the former represents a value judgment made by the present on the past . Learning to make those judgments for oneself is perhaps the most difficult lesson in one's education ...
... Significance and obscurity , in fact , are not antonymous ; the former represents a value judgment made by the present on the past . Learning to make those judgments for oneself is perhaps the most difficult lesson in one's education ...
Contents
The Past I Have Known | 87 |
Fridays Belong to Ned Cobb | 103 |
Interpreting the Past with Light and Shadow | 123 |
Copyright | |
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Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools Linda S. Levstik,Keith C. Barton No preview available - 2005 |