elevation to the presidency. watch this program and thousands more online, c-span.org/history. we welcome you to the washington times, for the special episode of history as it happens podcast. it is for people who want to think about current events, historically. it is available, wherever you get podcasts, or history as it happens.com. i am martin martin di caro, and james r. grossman, of the american historical association. good afternoon, thank you for inviting me. thank you for coming here for an important discussion about the visit concepts. passed, how it is studied, whose version of events gains ascendancy. it has always been a battlefield in our country. that is because origin stories matter. as much,, now as ever before in america. james, the h a, trying to influence this debate, now embroiling the nation, over what should be taught in history, and social studies classes. first, what are activists of concepts, and where did this controversy come from? and evas
washington times on this special history podcast. it s about people who want to see current events historically. i m martin di caro, and today we re joined by james grossman of the american historical association. good to see you. thank you for having me. we re going to talk about vision concepts, the past, who studies. ascendancy has always been a battlefield in our country. that s because origin stories matter now more than ever before in america. james is trying to dismiss this debate about what should be taught in history and social studies classes. first, what are divisive concepts and where did this come from? divisive concepts seem to be things that some people are objecting to that teachers are teaching in their classrooms as part of american history. it seems to be that teaching the history of division is problematic for some people, and that s where this term divisive concepts are, that if you teach students that america was deeply divided over slavery, over j
c-span.org/history. we welcome you to the washington times for this special episode of history as it happens podcast. it s for people who want to think about current events, historically, and it s available wherever you get your podcasts or history as it happens dot-com. we are joined by james grossman of the american historical association. good afternoon. thank you for inviting me. excited to have you here for an important discussion about divisive concepts. the past, how it is studied, whose version of events gains ascendancy has been a battlefield because origin stories matter as much as ever before in america. james, the aha is trying to influence this debate, now roiling the nation over what should be taught in history and social studies classes. first, what are divisive concepts and where did this controversy come from? well, divisive concepts seem to be things that some people are objecting to that teachers are teaching in their classrooms as part of american
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business concepts, the past, how it s studied, whose version of events gains ascendancy. it s always been a battlefield in our country. that s because origin stories matter as much now as ever before in america. james, the aha is trying to influence this debate now roiling the the nation over what should be taught in history and social studies classes. first, what are divisive concepts and where did this controversy come from? well, divisive concepts seem to be things that some people are objecting to that teachers are teaching in their classrooms as part of american history. it seems to be that teaching the history of division is problematic for some people, and that s where this term divisive contents are. that if you teach students that america was deeply divided over slavery, over jim crow, over various things over the course of our history, then what some people are arguing is these aren t business concepts that divide our country. rather than these being the history o