Teaching Trump : Critical Issues in History and Civics Education

Name: Teaching Trump : Critical Issues in History and Civics Education
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Teaching TrumpCritical Issues in History and Civics Education\nAuthor(s): Fritz Fischer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032757476, 978-1032757476\nSynopsis\nThis book makes the case for teaching and engaging with the Trump presidency as US political history.\n\nAsking questions about how and when Trumps presidency should be studied posits that history teachers must engage with this history now. The author points to the events that the January 6th Commission called a stain on our history and makes the argument that these events, if ignored, could stain the idea of history itself, shrouding it in a mythical haze and relegating history teachers to merely marginalized storytellers. As such, it offers ideas on engaging students with the facts and sources of the Trump presidency and placing Trump in the larger context of American political history. It specifically centers the notion of historical thinking as a guidin.