Teach Banned History

The teaching of African American history is under attack. Conservatives use the terms “critical race theory” and “woke” to stoke fear just like the word “communist” was used during the McCarthy era. We will not be silent. Here are lessons and more resources to help students make sense of these times.
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Virginia’s Governor Threatens History Lessons

For two years, new education standards for history and social science classes have been drafted in a public process. As those new standards come up for formal adoption, the Virginia Department of Education under Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed their own revisions, in consultation with Hillsdale College, proponents of the right wing 1776 Curriculum.
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Historians on Call

H-PAD is mobilizing its member historians to oppose the right-wing’s lies and distortions about what is and what is not being taught in schools and to stand up for educational freedom.
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