http://jefturner.edublogs.org A place to write and think about American History Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:25:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://jefturner.edublogs.org/2008/01/26/hollywood-howard-zinn-and-ap-history/ http://jefturner.edublogs.org/2008/01/26/hollywood-howard-zinn-and-ap-history/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:17:24 +0000 jefturner http://jefturner.edublogs.org/2008/01/26/hollywood-howard-zinn-and-ap-history/ Cards on the table, folks:  I go back and forth on whether Howard Zinn’s A People’s History accomplishes what I want it to accomplish for this course.  What I want it to do is this:  I want an alternative perspective, something besides Brinkley, that will provoke a response and prompt you all to form your own interpretation.  Whether Zinn is the best means to that end, I don’t know.  You can help me by giving feedback.  And maybe this recent NPR report on a movie version of the book, now in production, will help you form your own opinion.  If nothing else, you may be interested to know that a lot of people outside our class are reading and talking about Howard Zinn.  So listen, and respond.

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