Mrs. Flowers's Influence On American History

In a person’s life, that person will have one role model that will stick with them. This role model may not be by the person’s side every single day, or every year, but the role model’s lessons and memory can last lifetimes. In “My Favorite Teacher” by Thomas L. Friedman, the author tells the readers about his role model, named Hattie M. Steinberg, and the impact she had on his life. Many times, people do not even realize how much of an impact one person can have on them until that person is gone.

“There are three great taboos in textbook publishing… sex, religion, and social class.” (Loewen, pg. 27). This quote from the book demonstrates that textbooks only touch upon what their authors believe students should be learning about, or in other words, the less- interesting, same timeworn stories they all mostly have already learned about. History textbooks lie to students by leaving out important details about key events and significant people. Loewen’s purpose in writing this book was to prove exactly that to students, and to provide them with the truth. Throughout the entire book, he decides to write about people that students are taught to consider heroes, such as; Hellen Keller, Woodrow Wilson, Christopher Columbus, and numerous more. Loewen succeeded in exposing people American’s think of as heroes for whom they actually are, and also prospered in exposing textbooks by providing the truth behind the stories students are all taught.

Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different, by Gordon Wood, is a book showing what made the founding fathers of our country so great. Gordon Wood wrote the book to exhibit how much character mattered. Wood writes about each founding father: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, and Paine individually displaying what made our founding fathers different. Present day we often ask, “why don’t we have such leaders like the founding fathers now?”, the book informs us how the founding fathers were different, making it easier to answer the question, by comparing them to their candidates. The book has received high praised, having a bunch of outstanding reviews from notable sources like The New York Times, The New

Boston Prep’s approach to imparting moral character has roots in the school’s founding purpose. This purpose, though complex and multifaceted is clearly illustrated as the founder Scott McCue and his team devised a “more deliberate and more structured” (p.52) curriculum that focused on the development of scholastic principles as well as moralities. To my understanding, it is from this calculated, well-thought out effort of Boston Prep’s founding team that five virtues (courage, compassion, integrity, perseverance, and respect) were selected as a guide to aid these educators as they strived to “…insert [themselves] into the conversation [at a time when] young people are figuring out …the kind of ethical people they are going to become…” (p.52).

The first reason we should use pieces of literature such as these in today’s classroom is that they can teach lessons. Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” speech can teach young women that they too

In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain,Twain shows us how education impacts people and their actions throughout the story. In particular Twain shows us how education and its perceived benefits can often be misleading and that it does not play as large of a role in defining one's character as society would have one believe.He shows us that education has a profound effect on a man's character both while it is present and when it is absent.

Moral education is most successful when it is passive and indirect. Morals are a set of principles for right and wrong

Scottish industrialist Andrew Carnegie once said, “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say.” As one travels through the journey from childhood to manhood, one learns to focus more on individual assessments as compared societal values. In the bildungsroman The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the hero Huck, through his adventure from boyhood to manhood, discovers that the civilized society had taught him southern doctrines that went against his individual principles. Twain demonstrates Huck’s growth from childhood to adulthood, with respect to moral values, true friendship, and loss of innocence, in order to help readers connect their common experiences of growth with literature.

Mr. Suehr has drastically influenced my life. Mr. Suehr has created a new found interest in History for me. In Mr. Suehr's History class I have learned about the importance of History and the effect it has on my life. When you enter the exciting learning environment of Mr. Suehr, you enter a class where you do not want to leave. Mr. Suehr teaches important lessons other than History, he teaches you responsibility, integrity, and honesty. I have learned that a teacher can be more than someone who lectures about a boring topic everyday, but someone who helps you lead a better life. Every student who enters Mr. Suehr’s class leaves with a new sense of optimism toward attending school. Throughout my life I never thought history was an important

Accordingly, teaching character education assisted in creating a calmer and more sympathetic environment in which children were able to focus more on learning because they were thinking of others constantly, instead of themselves (Brannon, 2008). Moreover, classes were said to work together as a family by respecting each other, as well as working cooperatively to help each other be the best they could be. For this reason, Brannon (2008) found teaching self-awareness was one of the most important pieces taught to

While teaching the course the instructor will examine several distinct philosophies used when teaching American History. The course will implement a chronological approach to to studying cultural history. To acknowledge the importance of culture throughout the history of American History the course will investigate primary sources. Primary sources offer students with an insight

David Hume, a Scottish philosopher of the 1700s, once said, "Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature." These “principles of human nature”, however, can be examined not only in history itself, but also in stories written by those who lived throughout history. Mark Twain, who lived during the time of slavery and the Civil War, would observe the society around him. He proceeded to write several famous works of art, among them Huckleberry Finn, a satire of America’s Southern society during the 1840s.In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, three meaningful subjects are explored in education, religion, and civilized society that are still relevant today.

Now days, California has the opportunity to build classrooms that teach values and help develop positive character traits more directly. With the adoption of the Common Core Standards, we can teach academic lessons along with lessons that teach values and character at the same time. Students can not only learn about what happens to characters in stories, but also learn the ethical part of questions and ideas in books. By embedding values of Character of Education through out the school day makes it easier to reinforce values within the students. It gives the message that values and morals are not something that last and matter for one or two moments, but create the sense that once acquired, they become a part of who we are. Developing critical thinkers with character traits helps the whole child, not only the academic student. The fact that we use our academics to make sure our students understand and internalize that being an

Through a revision to the current curriculum, a determined set of culturally shared “core values”, and an implicit and explicit approach in schools, I will make a case for moral education as an imperative issue that concerns the classrooms and the overall school system and its members. However, my position should not be mistaken with one that sets moral education as a responsibility solely of the schools. On the contrary, this paper will argue the importance of the involvement of the family in the development of a strong moral education— through caring—, one that would attempt to transcend an ever changing society as ours.

One of the most surprising teaching tactics she used was emotional learning. She was the head of a small committee that volunteered at food shelters, she would take us along, and explain how important volunteerism is to society and self.