tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3015525005848142320..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Teaching the Tea Party and TerrorismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-67234371507631102812012-12-13T21:38:57.449-05:002012-12-13T21:38:57.449-05:00As a public high school sophomore in 1969, I took ...As a public high school sophomore in 1969, I took 'Comparative Economic and Political Systems' a class that asked us to consider how various situations might be addressed in the US, the USSR, and Kwakiutl Indian societies. Even in the 60's it, and the teacher, were looked upon with deep suspicion by the community. Instead of being handed 'facts', it was the first time I and my fellow student were asked to think about what it meant to be an American. Ten more years of schooling after that, and it is still one of the best classes I ever took.G. Lovelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54415308654147163272012-12-13T15:42:53.840-05:002012-12-13T15:42:53.840-05:00Scary. Of course, Hitler came to power as a minori...Scary. Of course, Hitler came to power as a minority candidate within a parliamentary system. His share of the popular vote had actually gone down in the most recent election. But Germany’s political class was willing to try an obvious extremist.<br /><br />Now I assume that exercise didn’t make you and your colleagues think like Nazis for the rest of the year. One hopes it just made you <i>think</i>.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-19860016292147220252012-12-13T11:33:49.148-05:002012-12-13T11:33:49.148-05:00We did a similar thing in my world history class i...We did a similar thing in my world history class in high school.<br /><br />We were told to imagine that our country was in a huge depression having just come out of a war. We got information on 4 candidates for President, and were told to vote for them.<br /><br />The class overwhelmingly voted for Hitler.Robert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.com