Comments on: Farewell to Howard Zinn, the People’s Historian http://coilhouse.net/2010/01/farewell-to-howard-zinn-the-peoples-historian/ Coilhouse Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thivai http://coilhouse.net/2010/01/farewell-to-howard-zinn-the-peoples-historian/comment-page-1/#comment-26398 Thivai Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:05:51 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=12527#comment-26398 I agree with Skipwave that A People's History should be a required text in American schools, but anyone who has read James Loewen's excellent text "Lies My Teacher Told Me" (2nd ed. 2007) knows that the corporate textbook stranglehold on education always sinks to the lowest conservative common denominator of misinformation/mythification. Zinn was a great inspiration and changed my life. We can't rely on our education system (i'm an educator) Skipwave, instead we need to give copies to the young people we care about and discuss what these textbooks leave out. I agree with Skipwave that A People’s History should be a required text in American schools, but anyone who has read James Loewen’s excellent text “Lies My Teacher Told Me” (2nd ed. 2007) knows that the corporate textbook stranglehold on education always sinks to the lowest conservative common denominator of misinformation/mythification.

Zinn was a great inspiration and changed my life.

We can’t rely on our education system (i’m an educator) Skipwave, instead we need to give copies to the young people we care about and discuss what these textbooks leave out.

]]> By: Skipwave http://coilhouse.net/2010/01/farewell-to-howard-zinn-the-peoples-historian/comment-page-1/#comment-26208 Skipwave Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:19:19 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=12527#comment-26208 Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, is an excellent documentary on the man. Personally, I think "A People's History" aught to be a required text alongside the now standard tomes in US schools. Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, is an excellent documentary on the man.

Personally, I think “A People’s History” aught to be a required text alongside the now standard tomes in US schools.

]]> By: Mark http://coilhouse.net/2010/01/farewell-to-howard-zinn-the-peoples-historian/comment-page-1/#comment-25968 Mark Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:33:39 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=12527#comment-25968 Zinn didn't like it that American history seemed "too nationalistic" when he arrived on the scene. Too bad. Zinn didn’t like it that American history seemed “too nationalistic” when he arrived on the scene. Too bad.

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