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I am rather excited to see Edison on the list. Amelia Earhart? I am not sure she belongs in the ranks of Rosa, Susan, Harriet....
__________________I am surprised that Elenor Roosevelt is not on there. Clara Barton would have made the list before Amelia in my book. Abilgail Adams??????? Helen Keller? |
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"The study acknowledges that the emphasis on African-American figures by the schools leaves behind not only 18th- and 19th-century figures but others as well, such as Hispanic icon Cesar Chavez, Native American heroes such as Pocahontas and Sacagawea and labor leaders such as Samuel Gompers and Eugene V. Debs."
The survey does not surprize me. I teach 7th grade language arts in a middle school and most of my students have no clue on American history or the people who helped shape it. Politcal Correctness, within the schools, has bashed history in America. |
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Although it's certainly legitimate to ask questions about why a lot of white male authors - e.g. Graham Greene, Anthony Powell, Evelyn Waugh and others - are largely ignored in universities these days because they aren't sufficiently 'multi-cultural'. |
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OMG Marilynn Monroe????? I was upset over Amelia...haha
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And the Underground Railroad wasn't a railroad. It was a term used to refer to a series of secret routes used by escaped slaves to get to the North/Free states and even Canada, with the help of abolitionists like Harriet Tubman. |
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History should be color/gender blind. However, I do believe that it is important to provide examples of successful and influential people based on gender to be important for all children to see. When and entire race has been put down, enslaved, segregated, discriminated against for a majority of this country's history....then I do believe we OWE it as a society to find examples of historically relevent people to teach about. I also think so much emphasis has been placed on teaching history as dates in the past that kids HATE it. There are themes, throughout history that can be used to teach making it more meaningful. Dates can be looked up instantly on the internet. |
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Given the US's fairly unique position in world affairs currently, it would be interesting to see an international equivalent of this list. I know that my mother, in a New Zealand high school, did no Kiwi or British history, but did two years of US stuff!
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I would put Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali on this list before Marilynn and Oprah.
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I have to say that I found the original post heartening. I am sure any and all of us could nitpick a few choices, but overall, it was a hell of a lot better than I anticipated when I first opened the thread. |
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