Revealing Lies in History

coursename = Revealing Lies in History description = This elective course explores the relationship between the creation of personal and collective memory and the production of history. The seminar will examine the tensions between memory and history, using some of the most acclaimed recent history books. Students will think critically about memoirs and autobiographies, oral histories and personal reminiscences, festivities and holidays of commemoration, historical memory in popular culture, and family lore and stories. What receives the privilege of being remembered and what gets deliberately forgotten constitutes the essence of what we know as history. department = History and Social Studies teacher = John Turner sessions = 1 prerequisites = HG]], HOK, and [[HUS note = grcode = EL offered = Yes opento = Juniors requiredby = Career & College
Fine Arts
Liberal Arts
STEM 09 = 10 = 11 = y 12 = CC = y FA = y LA = y ST = y This elective course explores the relationship between the creation of personal and collective memory and the production of history. The seminar will examine the tensions between memory and history, using some of the most acclaimed recent history books. Students will think critically about memoirs and autobiographies, oral histories and personal reminiscences, festivities and holidays of commemoration, historical memory in popular culture, and family lore and stories. What receives the privilege of being remembered and what gets deliberately forgotten constitutes the essence of what we know as history.