The question originally dealt with police brutality after Hurricane Katrina. Guest Tom Morello, guitarist for Rage Against The Machine, answered the question from a micro standpoint and Richard Dreyfus ,actor, looked at the question from a macro standpoint. I think that Dreyfus does a great job explaining why Civic education is imperative.
I was taking this video and tying it to why my students are in this class and what I hope them to understand when they leave. History needs to be taught as an 'action' instead of 'theory'. Too often kids don't learn why they have their 3rd amendment right, they only learn what that right is. That is doing a disservice to them and also to the Constitution.
The second point that I wanted them to take from the video would be that we need to never stop asking 'why':
- Why do we keep sticking our nose into other countries business?
- Why do we have a system of checks and balances?
- Why did George Washington warn the public about political parties?
- Why didn't we listen to that advice?
I was lucky to have some great social studies teachers while in high school, they did a great job tieing the history of the US into current events. I hope to follow in my former teachers footsteps and create some interest and relevance in my US History class.
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