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For an APUSH project, I did a Comedy Central style roast of William Jennings Bryant. Used clips from the movie to show him getting owned by Darrow.
I did another one where I made a shitty Java game where you played as Nixon stealing papers from Watergate.
APUSH was lit. I had no interest in history, wanted to be a scientist, but my teacher took me aside and told me that I was really good at history. (He was awesome - he actually took a moment to show us how ridiculous Alex Jones and 9/11 Truthers were by showing how quickly you could get to David Icke’s lizard people shit from those forums. He put that man on my radar all the way back in 2009!) That moment kept me alive through high school and is why I picked up a history degree alongside my science one.
History is so important to understanding what is happening now; it’s often inconvenient to the powers that be. That’s why it gets shafted off to coaches who wouldn’t know the Monroe Doctrine from Marilyn. (I’ve begged for someone to let me teach a section of US alongside my chemistry…)
A great history teacher can be amazing. I was fortunate to have a variety of excellent teachers. I was always gonna do something bookish (hah! Im an electrician, funny how that goes) but I had a physics honors teacher who stood out like that. Made me see the world completely differently.
Unfortunately, I think the places you have to learn a lot of history are outside of classrooms. Most of my history teachers were very pro status quo, unlike my literature teachers. I usually played devils advocate.
Now that one kid is in those classes I feel obligated to round out that education.