One country, two histories: What does it mean to be an American?
Posted on AllSides June 16th, 2022
From The Center

Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
ANALYSIS
How should schools teach children what it means to be an American?
During the past two years, that question has flowed through cultural battles over what’s taught in classrooms – particularly relating to history and race.
It popped up when President Donald Trump called for more “patriotic education” and when some educators embraced using the 1619 Project in schools to reframe the traditional U.S. origin story. Also part of the mix: steps taken by dozens of states aimed at limiting instruction related to the concept of critical race theory.
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