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A new publication by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute titled \u201cTeaching About 9\/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know<\/a>\u201d includes an essay by Dr. Lucien Ellington at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.\u00a0 In \u201cCivic and Historical Literacy for a Dangerous World\u201d he asks:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are we largely, in times that require the most informed citizens, a nation of civic and\u00a0historical illiterates?\u201d<\/p>\n

Originally published in 2003 in the Fordham Institute publication “<\/em>Terrorists, Despots, and Democracy: What Our Children Need to Know,” Ellington\u2019s piece was one of ten timeless essays selected for inclusion in the new report.\u00a0 It is available free to download online.<\/p>\n

In the introduction of \u201cTeaching About 9\/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0Chester E. Finn, Jr., President of the Fordham Institute, acknowledges the difficulty teachers face when explaining to their students what happened on 9\/11.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard enough to impart to one\u2019s pupils a body of basic knowledge\u2014information and understanding about history, geography, religion, geopolitics, and more. But when<\/p>\n

it comes to September 11 and the issues surrounding it, all of that knowledge is embedded within\u00a0a complex web of values, emotions, prejudices, opinions, and hopes, all of them subject to intense\u00a0disagreement among adults and mighty battles among the nation\u2019s leaders. What is a fifth- or tenth grade teacher to do?\u201d Finn wrote.<\/p>\n

Ellington\u2019s essay explains the reasons for American\u2019s lack of civic and historical knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough this situation has many causes, the primary reasons are the low level of social studies instruction in the nation\u2019s schools and the almost complete lack of clear history standards in the states,\u201d Ellington explained.<\/p>\n

Ellington proposed several ways to take action, among them offering a different approach in the education of young students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should be a national campaign to rid elementary schools of the \u201cexpanding horizons\u201d\u00a0curriculum and replace it with one that is solidly grounded in exciting and rich\u00a0history, civics, and geography content\u2014similar to that of the E.D. Hirsch-inspired Core\u00a0Knowledge Curriculum,\u201d Ellington wrote.<\/p>\n

Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander\u2019s essay \u201cSeven Questions about September 11th<\/sup>\u201d was also included in the new Fordham Institute report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new publication by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute titled \u201cTeaching About 9\/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know\u201d includes an essay by Dr. Lucien Ellington at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.\u00a0 In \u201cCivic and Historical Literacy for a Dangerous World\u201d he asks: \u201cWhy are we largely, in times that require the… <\/p>\n

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