I came across the following post at Chris Wehner’s Blog4History site. We’ve had our share of run-ins in the past, but Chris is a fellow APUS History teacher and somehow he managed to write a regimental history and teach at the same time. That’s quite a feat. Chris is a public school teacher and is [...]
Howard Zinn
Thanks to all of you who took the time to comment on yesterday’s post on Howard Zinn. I am not surprised to find that those of you in the college trenches have not come across the book in any of your department’s courses. One of you noted that the book did not receive much attention [...]
Update: Looks like Williams has uncovered more evidence in support of the popularity and pervasiveness of A People’s History in college classrooms. What evidence? It turns out his publisher says so on its website as well as a writer for the Socialist Work. And there you have it. My guess is that at this very [...]
