Palo, Michael F.

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ638298

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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"Dad, What Did You Do during the War?": A Postmodernist (?) Classroom Exercise.

Palo, Michael F.

History Teacher, v33 n2 p193-212 Feb 2000

Clarifies the problem of perception in history. Offers an invented conversation based on personal experience and other sources as a means to presenting an interpretation of modern war and demonstrating how different generations interpret events. Considers the "war" between empiricists and postmodernists and its effect on history teachers. (CMK)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Historical Interpretation, Historiography, History Instruction, Postmodernism, Social Influences, Social Studies, Undergraduate Study, Vietnam War, World War II

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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