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so, NY is changing the global history curriculum (for regents) and in a few years will change US history as well. Basically, they wont be teaching anything until 1750 (??!!) and the regents will be more focused on comprehending WHY things happened then what actually happened. yeah. its gonna be GREAT (hear the sarcasm)
Is this part of some leftist focus on offering a more nuanced or “textured” version of history?
Anyone with a decent memory can rattle off names, dates and places. Analyzing why they happened trains a person to think. However, it odes open the door to political grading.
Well, I suppose it’s better than the old ways of 4 months of school covering 1740 through 1870, two months on each World War, followed by about a week for 20th century and beyond.
@Avi I guess that’s the risk when a curriculum purports to teach you how to think.
Also, from my days, for 2 years each teacher taught any part of the world and with little regard for the next/previous year’s teacher taught. Consequently, most of my peers bought a Regents prep book before the test and crammed for the Global Regents.
Why was 1750 selected as the cut-off date?
@dovidbt
If you search for the article online, one of those questioned said it was chosen as a time with no significance so no one should think we are supporting a Western worldview by focusing on Western incidents e.g. Industrial Revolution.“as a time with no significance”
Interesting 🙂As Jews, on the other hand, our study of history is focused on events that happened thousands of years ago. It’s the recent past that has lesser significance to us.
While the Seven Years War is a reasonable starting date, it is wrong to leave out the Dutch. Much of New York’s character related to the fact that it started as a Dutch colony, as that led to a much greater degree of religious and ethnic diversity (or rather toleration of religious and ethnic diversity) than the other colonies. It also leave the Indians who had a big impact on 18th century history in New York.
One can only under “why” if you know what happened, and if you know “what” you’ll know why. The issue is whether there will be “right” answers to many subjective questions, as that gets to be a “hot” issue the closer you get to the present.
No Global history prior to 1750? 95% of global history happened before that time. In 50 years kids will grow up that the spanish originated in texas, the dominicans in washington heights and skvere chassidus was founded in new square.
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