Educators: We must not be Afraid to Teach the Civil War History!
Location
Room 210
Proposal Track
Practice Report
Session Format
Presentation
Session Format
Presentation
Preferred Time
Friday afternoon
Abstract
With the recent tragic shootings of nine human beings at a church in Charleston, SC, it is time for educators, especially in the field of teacher education and P-12 Education to demonstrate a renewed commitment to teach the history of the "War Between the States."
This presentation will draw upon key factors and reflections from a former social studies and history teacher and a recent graduate in Anthropology and History related to the way they taught and were taught the period of American History in middle school and high school.
Also, the presentation will draw upon recent action research conducted by the university education professor's voluntary presentations to a southern high school classroom located on a college campus. The presentation reflects action research in progress with relevancy to contemporary issues in teacher education and P-12 social studies and U.S. History classrooms.
Keywords
Teaching the Civil War, Discussion the Confederate Flag P-12 Classrooms
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Recommended Citation
Moffett, Noran L. and Moffett, Nurah-Talibah N., "Educators: We must not be Afraid to Teach the Civil War History!" (2015). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 42.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2015/2015/42
Educators: We must not be Afraid to Teach the Civil War History!
Room 210
With the recent tragic shootings of nine human beings at a church in Charleston, SC, it is time for educators, especially in the field of teacher education and P-12 Education to demonstrate a renewed commitment to teach the history of the "War Between the States."
This presentation will draw upon key factors and reflections from a former social studies and history teacher and a recent graduate in Anthropology and History related to the way they taught and were taught the period of American History in middle school and high school.
Also, the presentation will draw upon recent action research conducted by the university education professor's voluntary presentations to a southern high school classroom located on a college campus. The presentation reflects action research in progress with relevancy to contemporary issues in teacher education and P-12 social studies and U.S. History classrooms.
