Article Review

The article I reviewed was based around teaching controversial issues in our social studies classroom and how often times these days teachers are shying away from teaching these issues. Teachers feel too much pressure from outside sources (parents, colleagues, media, etc) to feel comfortable bringing up hot button issues with their students at the risk of possibly coming off as bias in any way. This articles argues and I conquer that teaching these issues is the most important job we have as social studies teachers. We need to confront these issues straight on and embrace how awkward they might make us feel. Take time to explain to your students how sensitive of a topic it is and give them the knowledge to understand both sides of the issue. Give the students the ability to make their own opinions on the subject. Students need to question not only what actually occurred but why it occurred and what relevance it has to the world today. Allow them to freely express their thoughts without feeling fearful that their opinion might be wrong in any way. I found this a very interesting article to look through.
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