What are the "history wars," and what are their implications for technology use in history?
With students' ready access to information on the Internet, what might be the concerns of social studies teachers?
The history wars have been debated and talked about for a long time now. It is basically the argument for which social studies or history topic should be taught in today's classrooms. Many feel that schools should focus primarily on history and civics. History is such a big subject and as the years go on we will continue to make history. 100 years from now, critics will have the same argument. Should schools focus more on the civil war, alamo and slavery, or should they focus more on the war in irag, afghanistan, history changing events like President Obama becoming president. Teachers need to use the autonomy they are given and control their classrooms and make a professional decision on what tehnology integration strategies benefits their students the most.
One major concern for teachers on their students ready access to the internet and resources would be the validity and reliability of the sources. This is always a concern because you don't want your students reading false information.
james ibarra
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I can understand the concern of what needs to be taught to our students and all is important to learn. But how do we regular it or even more, what part of history do we give priority to. Our past is what has molded us to what we are now but as you said we continue to make history.
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