Politics and patriotism in education

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 608-620

  Westheimer, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 33645817329     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170608700817     Document Type: Review

References (34)

1. Nebraska State Board of Education, "Board Minutes," 1-2 November 2001 (revised following 7 December 2001 meeting).
2. Jennifer Piscatelli, "Pledge of Allegiance," State Notes: Character and Civic Education, Education Commission of the States, August 2003.
3. "President Introduces History and Civic Education Initiatives," remarks of the President on Teaching American History and Civic Education Initiative, 17 September 2002, www.whitehouse.gov.
4. Martha Nussbaum, For Love of Country: Debating the Limits of Patriotism (Cambridge, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2002), p. 29.
5. C. Douglas Lummis, Radical Democracy (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996), p. 37.
6. Henry Steele Commager, Freedom and Order: A Commentary on the American Political Scene (New York: George Braziller, 1966), p. 117.
7. See http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/feb/20050201news003.asp.
8. NPR, "Citizen Student: Teaching Patriotism in Time of War," 6 February 2003.
9. Cited in Nat Hentoff, "The Patriotism Enforcers: Miseducating the Young on Freedom," Village Voice, 2-8 January 2002.
10. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American Activities, Investigation of Communist Activities, New York Area (Entertainment): Hearings, 84th Congress, 18 August 1955. Available at http://historymatters.gmu.cdu/d/ 6457.
11. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American Activities, Investigation of the Unauthorized Use of U.S. Passports, 84th Congress, Part 3, 12 June 1956, in Eric Bentley, ed., Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1968 (New York: Viking Press, 1971), p. 770.
12. Many of the examples cited here can be found in Peter Dreier and Dick Flacks, "Patriotism and Progressivism," Peace Review, December 2003, p. 399.
13. See www.loc.gov/today/pr/2003/03-095.html.
14. Freedom Under Fire: Dissent in Post-9/11 America (New York: American Civil Liberties Union, 2003);
15. and Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, "Teachers Grapple with Wartime Role," Education Week, 20 March 2003, p. 27.
16. "W. Va. Student Suspended for Starting Anti-War Club: School Says Fliers Disrupted Educational Environment," Student Press Law Center Report, Winter 2002, p. 7.
17. Chris Frates, "High School Junior Suspended After Posting Anti-War Fliers," Denver Post, 28 February 2003.
18. National Coalition for History, "Senator Alexander's American History and Civics Education' Bill Passes Senate," Washington Update, 27 June 2003.
19. "Senator Alexander's American History and Civics Bill Passes Senate Unanimously," press release, Sen. Alexander's office, 20 June 2003.
20. Hofstadter is quoted by Sen. Alexander in "Remarks of Senator Lamar Alexander on the Introduction of His Bill: The American History and Civics Education Act," 4 March 2003.
21. "Beware Leftists in Our Schools!!!," anonymous parent posting, Southern Maryland Online chat forum, 2003, http://forums.somd.com.
22. See, for example, Bree Picower's curriculum, "An Unnatural Disaster," which asks students to consider the many interlocking causes of the extensive damage of Katrina and its aftermath, especially for the African American population of New Orleans (www.nycore.org);
23. and "Washin' Away," Ian McFeat's mock-trial activity for Rethinking Schools (www.rethinkingschools.org) that asks students to explore the roles various people and contexts played in the Katrina tragedy.
24. For contrast, see the MindOH Foundation's Hurricane Katrina resources that include, for example, "Thinking It Through: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?" This activity opens with "Life is not always fair. Bad things happen to good people.... We may be able to make educated guesses about Mother Nature's weather patterns, but ..." (www.mindohfoundation.org/ hurricanekatrina.htm).
25. Harry C. Boyte, "A Different Kind of Politics: John Dewey and the Meaning of Citizenship in the 21st Century," Dewey Lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1 November 2002, p. 11.
26. Some resources for getting started in seeking such programs include Rethinking Schools (www.rethinkingschools.org);
27. Educators for Social Responsibility (www.esrnational.org);
28. New York Times lessons (www.nytimes.com/learning);
29. American Social History Project: Center for Media and Learning (www.historymatters.gmu.edu);
30. and Teaching for Change (www.teachingforchange.org).
31. Karen Suurtamm, project director for Democratic Dialogue (www.-democraticdialogue.com), did the lion's share of research for and writing of the descriptions of El Puente Academy and La Escuela Fratney Elementary School.
32. Catherine Capellaro, "When Small Is Beautiful: An Interview with Héctor Calderón," Rethinking Schools, Summer 2005.
33. Bill Carter and Felicity Barringer, "In Patriotic Time, Dissent Is Muted," New York Times, 28 September 2001.
34. Dennis Gilbert, "Hamilton College Patriotism Poll: Eleven Key Findings," 20 March 2003, Question 17, Appendix, p. 7. Available at www.-hamilton.edu/levitt/surveys/patriotism/patriotismreport.pdf.