With it’s anniversary approaching, how do teachers teach January 6, 2021?

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”Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education”

“What students are learning about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 may depend on where they live.”

“In a Boston suburb in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, history teacher Justin Voldman said his students will spend the day journaling about what happened and talking about the fragility of democracy.“

“Liz Wagner, an eighth and ninth grade social studies teacher in a Des Moines suburb of increasingly Republican Iowa, got an email from an administrator last year, warning teachers to be careful in how they framed the discussion.”

“Teachers now are left to decide how — or whether — to instruct their students about the events that sit at the heart of the country’s division. And the lessons sometimes vary based on whether they are in a red state or a blue state.”

https://apnews.com/article/educatio...assachusetts-0afa16fa4efba084c5a62a3a02bdd30d

I suppose in Congressman Clyde’s district, it is mentioned as just another tourist visit, and in the Florida panhandle, a patriotic day, where Antifa, Capital police, and the FBI sabotaged a peaceful protest of an illegal election

Is it any wonder fewer people want to be teachers, all they do is catch flak from the right, some even death threats, and then they are directed to hide the facts for political reasons
 
archives said:
”Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education”

“What students are learning about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 may depend on where they live.”

“In a Boston suburb in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, history teacher Justin Voldman said his students will spend the day journaling about what happened and talking about the fragility of democracy.“

“Liz Wagner, an eighth and ninth grade social studies teacher in a Des Moines suburb of increasingly Republican Iowa, got an email from an administrator last year, warning teachers to be careful in how they framed the discussion.”

“Teachers now are left to decide how — or whether — to instruct their students about the events that sit at the heart of the country’s division. And the lessons sometimes vary based on whether they are in a red state or a blue state.”

https://apnews.com/article/educatio...assachusetts-0afa16fa4efba084c5a62a3a02bdd30d

I suppose in Congressman Clyde’s district, it is mentioned as just another tourist visit, and in the Florida panhandle, a patriotic day, where Antifa, Capital police, and the FBI sabotaged a peaceful protest of an illegal election

Is it any wonder fewer people want to be teachers, all they do is catch flak from the right, some even death threats, and then they are directed to hide the facts for political reasons
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Yes, hard job for teachers. Right wing parents hate the truth.
 
In a Boston suburb in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, history teacher Justin Voldman said his students will spend the day journaling about what happened and talking about the fragility of democracy.“
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looks pretty damn durable to me
 
archives said:
”Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education”

“What students are learning about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 may depend on where they live.”

“In a Boston suburb in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, history teacher Justin Voldman said his students will spend the day journaling about what happened and talking about the fragility of democracy.“

“Liz Wagner, an eighth and ninth grade social studies teacher in a Des Moines suburb of increasingly Republican Iowa, got an email from an administrator last year, warning teachers to be careful in how they framed the discussion.”

“Teachers now are left to decide how — or whether — to instruct their students about the events that sit at the heart of the country’s division. And the lessons sometimes vary based on whether they are in a red state or a blue state.”

https://apnews.com/article/educatio...assachusetts-0afa16fa4efba084c5a62a3a02bdd30d

I suppose in Congressman Clyde’s district, it is mentioned as just another tourist visit, and in the Florida panhandle, a patriotic day, where Antifa, Capital police, and the FBI sabotaged a peaceful protest of an illegal election

Is it any wonder fewer people want to be teachers, all they do is catch flak from the right, some even death threats, and then they are directed to hide the facts for political reasons
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It shouldn't be in the curriculum yet.
 
I guess that not only does locale play into what is taught, but also the age of the students. If middle or high school age, I'd just give them the time line, show video on the attack itself and why/how it failed, and let the students discuss it, then write their thoughts in a short paper. I'd grade them all the same based on grammar, spelling, coherency of thought... and I would circle anything that is an opinion and write "Why do you think this?" in the margin -- whether the opinion appeared to be L or R. The next day's class could be open to discuss why they came to the conclusions that they did. That's how to teach both democracy and critical thinking, IMO.
 
BartenderElite said:
Not to me.

We were an inch away from losing it last year. Pence was the only person on the right who was committed to following the law for an orderly transition of power.
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Trying to get Congress to do their jobs properly instead of rubber-stamping an election so they can get back to living large and insider-trading and collecting bribes from companies to vote their their way instead of constituents' and making millions puts Democracy in danger?

Who knew?! :dunno:

That election should not have been certified as quickly as it was. :nono:

PS: The 1st line of this post is what 1/6/2020 was about.
 
Matt Dillon said:
Trying to get Congress to do their jobs properly instead of rubber-stamping an election so they can get back to living large and insider-trading and collecting bribes from companies to vote their their way instead of constituents' and making millions puts Democracy in danger?

Who knew?! :dunno:

That election should not have been certified as quickly as it was. :nono:

PS: The 1st line of this post is what 1/6/2020 was about.
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Then I will ask you the same question I asked the other poster, if Pence followed the gameplay laid out by Trump, Clark, Jordan and Meadows where do you think we would be today? What would have followed on January 7th?
 
archives said:
Then I will ask you the same question I asked the other poster, if Pence followed the gameplay laid out by Trump, Clark, Jordan and Meadows where do you think we would be today? What would have followed on January 7th?
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Investigations into election fraud. Audits of state votes, and fast track checking the Constitutionality of what some of them did.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
I guess that not only does locale play into what is taught, but also the age of the students. If middle or high school age, I'd just give them the time line, show video on the attack itself and why/how it failed, and let the students discuss it, then write their thoughts in a short paper. I'd grade them all the same based on grammar, spelling, coherency of thought... and I would circle anything that is an opinion and write "Why do you think this?" in the margin -- whether the opinion appeared to be L or R. The next day's class could be open to discuss why they came to the conclusions that they did. That's how to teach both democracy and critical thinking, IMO.
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If we're trying to promote critical thinking (on any topic), rather than just a position, I really like what you just laid out.
 
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