This week in class we watched a TED Talk - Confronting Hard History. I LOVE ted Talks, and especially this one. The speaker argues we MUST confront hard history or we are doomed to repeat it. Or even continue it! He also argues that we hate history, and we avoid it or ignore it when it gets hard or sad.
My job as your APUSH teacher is not to offend you, or upset you! My job is to present what happened, and not sugar coat it, or gloss over it. Also College Board knows your phone will tell you everything. They want you to be able to have an opinion, and put values on people and events. Is it good or bad? Was it effective or not?
There are some moments in American History that rips my heart out, and then throw it to the ground and step on it! I know as a historian "why" these things happened, but as a human it is hard to wrap my brain around. How could you treat another human like that?!
American Slavery
\Trail of Tears
WW2 Japanese Interment Camps
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