tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post743717713396630949..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Howard Zinn (1922-2010)Paul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-75866086368031163002010-01-28T14:00:53.499-07:002010-01-28T14:00:53.499-07:00I like your opposing ideological histories approac...I like your opposing ideological histories approach, John. Having students read supposedly objective texts, as if there were such things, may hinder them from discerning the power of perspective. Texts with more obvious "tendenz", within reason anyway, are more instructive in apprehending a sense of historiograpy. Moreover, history as dueling sport, and I mean that in the best sense, is a heckuva lot more interesting to most students.<br /><br />You probably know that Matt Damon grew up in Zinn's neighborhood and knew him quite well. That may explain the scene in "Good Will Hunting" where Damon's character goes off on the gov't intelligence guy with a bunch of Zinn references.Manliusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-20264022420935872712010-01-28T11:00:33.942-07:002010-01-28T11:00:33.942-07:00Thanks for the link.
I like Johnson better than Z...Thanks for the link.<br /><br />I like Johnson better than Zinn, but Johnson's very hard to break up into manageable chunks for students. Plus, he's rather subtle much of the time. S&A's contains lots of interesting conservative arguments, but the chapters are too long and comprehensive. <br /><br />Basically, I (and perhaps you) need to explore other options. <br /><br />Especially when I do the first half of the survey, I follow Calder's approach of supplementing the two books with a variety of primary sources.John G. Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08461094355047650502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-77351981608461949582010-01-28T10:37:18.555-07:002010-01-28T10:37:18.555-07:00Great story, John. Thanks for sharing. I did a po...Great story, John. Thanks for sharing. I did a post on it. http://www.philipvickersfithian.com/2010/01/graciousness-of-howard-zinn.html<br /><br />After reading your post I am one step closer to using the Calder approach to teaching historical thinking in the survey course. Would you recommend Schwiekart or Marshall for the conservative reading? Which one worked better?John Feahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856498511226523417noreply@blogger.com