I'm approaching the interwar ideologies lessons in WHP Origins Unit 8 and terms like "fascism" and "Nazis" have been circulating the news lately. When teaching about these terms in the context of the early 20th century, what have you done to help students unpack and understand both the historical and present-day connotations?
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Freda Anderson and Scott Gross , do either of you bring present-day connotations and references into the historical study of the terms?
I think it's contextually important to understand the historical definitions but also why people might be using them today. It's all very delicate...
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Freda Anderson and Scott Gross , do either of you bring present-day connotations and references into the historical study of the terms?
I think it's contextually important to understand the historical definitions but also why people might be using them today. It's all very delicate...
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I try to let my students lead the way on those discussions. They are very aware and have a lot to say. We will also be revisiting it when we get to the modern era and look at modern injustices.
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That's been my instinct as well--let them go as far as they want to.
I was curious what other teachers do since I had a parent mildly critique me for not incorporating more current events into the class.