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The Importance Of History In Schools

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The research I am conducting is to answer the question on how schools can change their way of teaching history in order to be more effective. In my research, I hope to show how schools are not doing a solid job today in providing the values gained by learning history. In the case of the future, I hope to find ways of changing the old methods of teaching history, so it leaves more of an impact on students. From researching these topics, I can determine why history is a large part in school’s curriculum and why history classes fail in leaving an impact on their students. With the help of my sources listed below, I believe I have an answer to my question. History, like any other subject, offers many benefits to a person that learn about it. …show more content…

In order to tackle this topic, I decided to research how history can or had benefited governments and individuals. In regards to governments, the interview with Malick Ghachem and the article by the Art and Humanities Research Council gives us several ways history provides solutions to policies and current issues. As for individuals, history can give us answers or knowledge to many things as mentioned in articles by Stearns and BBC. Furthermore, I also want to make a focus on how history can specifically help high school and middle school students. Focusing on this specific group, I believe Steinhauer’s article provides important explanations on what exactly students should take away from history …show more content…

From Markowitz's, Monroe’s, and Steinhauer’s articles, history in school’s curriculum has been changing for the worse. Not only are most students leaving class knowing nothing, but school systems have been trying to undermine certain aspects of history that could be constrovserval. Moreover, Anderson’s example of AP US History teacher Jeff Ryan’s teaching method gives us an example on what I believe is how history should be taught.
Research Plan
Below this text, there will be a detailed timeline of my research paper. This is will provide a framework of certain goals I would like to achieve to ensure I am on track.
February 22th - I will have completed my research proposal for my research question. This will provide myself a starting off point as I will have a general idea on what my research will try to succeed and how I go about writing it.
March 8th - I will have evaluated all the sources I will use in my paper. All the sources will be put into an annotated bibliography. This will help me have the evidence for the claims I make in my paper.
March 20th - I would have started writing my paper at this point. I want to be at the point where I have written all the benefits history can provide to a society and will start with the topic on why history classes are failing

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