tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post3225376558411500934..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: The Difficulties of Teaching Modern American HistoryDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-28950913427863802882018-01-04T17:18:38.560-06:002018-01-04T17:18:38.560-06:00I didn't do much about it that spring, as I ha...I didn't do much about it that spring, as I had too many other irons in the fire and couldn't quite figure out how to introduce the subject without alienating half the class and firing up unreasonably the other half of the class. And since then I really haven't had much chance to teach that class at all so it hasn't really come up. Such are the vagaries of the adjunct lifestyle.<br /><br />I do think it needs to go in there somewhere, but I'm not sure yet how to do it in an academically responsible way.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-85374077229967333592018-01-04T11:22:44.466-06:002018-01-04T11:22:44.466-06:00So, three years on... what was the resolution?So, three years on... what was the resolution?Ewanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15587749873205076612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-30471889355060409762015-01-13T16:16:30.732-06:002015-01-13T16:16:30.732-06:00It does elide the qualifier, but I'm not convi...It does elide the qualifier, but I'm not convinced it was as important as your friend thinks it was.<br /><br />In my lecture notes I included the whole quote, and perhaps that would be one avenue for debate on this - how important was that qualifier?<br /><br />Thanks for the idea. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-2595174650495621612015-01-13T16:08:25.090-06:002015-01-13T16:08:25.090-06:00A conservative friend of mine, posted this in resp...A conservative friend of mine, posted this in response: That quote literally elides an important qualifier atwater gives. It claims that the Atwater quote literally elides an important qualifier Atwater gives. I don't disagree with you that the Right uses racism in many forms to consolidate political power, I am just not sure this quote is the smoking gun that many say it israddadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073347251874094872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-28412930755625548182015-01-09T22:23:29.760-06:002015-01-09T22:23:29.760-06:00You're welcome, and thank you as well.
It se...You're welcome, and thank you as well. <br /><br />It seems an important subject, and I wish I had better answers as to how to make it work in my classroom. But I will continue to try to figure that out.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-9327799837401098632015-01-09T18:47:32.124-06:002015-01-09T18:47:32.124-06:00Yup. Wow. So on target. I hope you keep working on...Yup. Wow. So on target. I hope you keep working on how to get this dialog going, provide some insight. Really decent post, thank you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528817245487201917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-41843636660440222792015-01-09T16:39:04.413-06:002015-01-09T16:39:04.413-06:00Thanks, Lucy! I appreciate the kind words. :)
I ...Thanks, Lucy! I appreciate the kind words. :)<br /><br />I will do my best to keep these coming.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-77493095980108156932015-01-08T12:42:37.098-06:002015-01-08T12:42:37.098-06:00I have 22 blogs bookmarked which I follow regularl...I have 22 blogs bookmarked which I follow regularly. Of the top 5, you and Jim over at StonekettleStaion are my 'Never Miss' blogs.<br /><br />As an avowed history buff, I could probably do 4 pages on why this type of post is what keeps me coming back here.<br /><br />I hope it will suffice to say 'THIS' is what enamors me to you. I've said it before, and will repeat it again now; I know how hard it is to bring your work to this blog, but please, keep it up as frequently as you can bear. <br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119391303533723966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-67276922512164481492015-01-08T08:42:04.311-06:002015-01-08T08:42:04.311-06:00Thanks, and welcome to 4Q10D!
They may decide tha...Thanks, and welcome to 4Q10D!<br /><br />They may decide that, though that's beyond the scope of my class. Mostly I just want them to understand that things were not always as they are now - that what 21st-century Americans regard as "conservative" is a very different animal than what people in the 1950s or even the 1980s regarded as "conservative." That the US has shifted very far to the right and now routinely espouses policies that would have been considered extremist insanity by those earlier conservatives. And that this shift has had consequences for the nation as a whole.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-91573180203499484432015-01-08T02:06:36.196-06:002015-01-08T02:06:36.196-06:00Best of luck to you in figuring out how to convey ...Best of luck to you in figuring out how to convey this clearly (and honestly) to your students. More people need to understand how we got from the '50's to where we are today. And maybe, just maybe, they'll then decide they don't want to be part of today's right wing "values" voters when they know what the values being supported actually are.S.Huntshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012812040208228504noreply@blogger.com