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Sam Wineburg

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Amid the Online Glut of Facts and Fake News, We’re Teaching History Wrong

This is even trickier now that the language of critical thinking has been appropriated by the alt-right.

by Rebecca Onion, Sam Wineburg via Slate on September 18, 2018
Howard Zinn’s Anti-Textbook

Teachers and students love "A People’s History of the United States." But it’s just as limited as the textbooks it replaces.

by Sam Wineburg via Slate on September 16, 2018
Obituary for a Billion-Dollar Boondoggle

Nearly two decades ago, historians embraced a hugely wasteful federal education program. It’s past time to reckon with that.

by Sam Wineburg via The Chronicle of Higher Education on September 16, 2018
Do We Know What History Students Learn?

It's not enough to say that they pick up critical thinking skills. It's time to offer evidence.

by Mark M. Smith, Sam Wineburg, Joel Breakstone via Inside Higher Ed on April 3, 2018

Why Learn History (When It's Already on Your Phone)

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How History Class Divides Us

What if America's inability to agree on its shared history—and how to teach it—is a cause of our polarization and political dysfunction, rather than a symptom?

by Stephen Sawchuk via Education Week on October 23, 2018

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Why Read "Why Learn History"

(When It’s Already Summarized in This Article?)

by Elizabeth Elliot via Perspectives on History on August 20, 2018

Teaching History Is Hard

Bunk Executive Director Ed Ayers on the importance of teaching students to think for themselves.

by Ed Ayers via Medium on April 28, 2020

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The Center Does Not Hold

Jill Lepore’s awkward embrace of the nation.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The Nation on October 29, 2019

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