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The Right to Exist is Fundamental
Constructing and Teaching History
“The idea that history isn’t interpreted but is factual, that’s just totally not realistic.” —Dr. Theron Trimble, Executive Director Florida’s Council for the Social Studies.
Source: Florida Law Stirs Debate over Teaching History https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5676428
Multicultural Dimension of American Society
In signing into law legislation regarding the teaching of American history, the state of Florida inadvertently (or perhaps purposefully) mandated a focus on political history rooted in an ideology that views history as factual and not socially constructed.
The result was a law that “obscures the true diversity of American history and prevents young citizens from understanding the multicultural dimension of their nation’s past (Kornblith & Lasser, p. 12).”
The Right to Exist is Fundamental
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which…
