An Oklahoma House committee on Monday approved a bill taking aim at the new AP U.S. History framework, which conservatives have decried as unpatriotic and negative, the Tulsa World reported.

 

State Rep. Dan Fisher ® introduced a bill at the beginning of the month that keeps the state from funding AP U.S. History unless the College Board changes the curriculum. The bill also orders the state Department of Education to establish a U.S. History program that would replace the AP course.

 

Since the College Board released a new course framework for U.S. history in October 2012, conservative backlash against the course has grown significantly. The Republican National Committee condemned the course and its "consistently negative view of American history" in August. Numerous states and school districts have now taken action to denounce the exam.

 

 

 

Oklahoma House Panel Votes To Eliminate AP US History Course

Sigh.

What in the new framework do they have issue with?

 

History, good and bad, needs to be presented and learned.

 

How's the saying go? "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it"

God forbid we should have a negative view of some of our country's history. Can't wait to read the re-writes where they put a positive spin on the slave trade. I'm ready for a happy ending this time.

I would have to see what was being taught before passing judgment on whether this is a good idea or bad. I just want it to be accurate...good or bad.

As my son would say, that's just great.

Here is a link to the new standards, if anyone is interested in looking at it: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-us-history-course-and-exam-description.pdf

I would have to see what was being taught before passing judgment on whether this is a good idea or bad. I just want it to be accurate...good or bad.

 

See my link above.

Here is a link to the new standards, if anyone is interested in looking at it: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-us-history-course-and-exam-description.pdf

 

A quick glance at this, and I must be missing something. What about that is unpatriotic or inaccurate?

The conservative lawmakers' issues with the course, which was taken by 344,938 students in 2013, can be traced back to retired high-school history teacher Larry S. Krieger. Two years ago, the College Board released a revised framework for the exam, which took effect this fall. Krieger was incensed by the changes. "As I read through the document, I saw a consistently negative view of American history that highlights oppressors and exploiters," he said during a conference call in August, according to Newsweek.

 

Krieger complained that the framework portrays the Founding Fathers as "bigots" and suggests that Manifest Destiny was "built on a belief in white racial superiority and a sense of American cultural superiority," rather than "the belief that America had a mission to spread democracy and new technology across the continent," as he put it. And instead of discussing the "the valor or heroism of American soldiers" during World War II, the course outline mentions U.S. internment camps and moral questions raised by the dropping of the atomic bomb.

 

It's emphasized throughout the 142-page document that the framework is "not a curriculum." It presents broad "key concepts" and "does not attempt to provide a list of groups, individuals, dates, or historical details, because it is each teacher’s responsibility to select relevant historical evidence of his or her own choosing to explore the key concepts of each period in depth." It also claims, "these thematic learning objectives are written in a way that does not promote any particular political position or interpretation of history."

 

Why Oklahoma Lawmakers Want to Ban AP US History -- NYMag

The conservative lawmakers' issues with the course, which was taken by 344,938 students in 2013, can be traced back to retired high-school history teacher Larry S. Krieger. Two years ago, the College Board released a revised framework for the exam, which took effect this fall. Krieger was incensed by the changes. "As I read through the document, I saw a consistently negative view of American history that highlights oppressors and exploiters," he said during a conference call in August, according to Newsweek.

 

Krieger complained that the framework portrays the Founding Fathers as "bigots" and suggests that Manifest Destiny was "built on a belief in white racial superiority and a sense of American cultural superiority," rather than "the belief that America had a mission to spread democracy and new technology across the continent," as he put it. And instead of discussing the "the valor or heroism of American soldiers" during World War II, the course outline mentions U.S. internment camps and moral questions raised by the dropping of the atomic bomb.

 

It's emphasized throughout the 142-page document that the framework is "not a curriculum." It presents broad "key concepts" and "does not attempt to provide a list of groups, individuals, dates, or historical details, because it is each teacher’s responsibility to select relevant historical evidence of his or her own choosing to explore the key concepts of each period in depth." It also claims, "these thematic learning objectives are written in a way that does not promote any particular political position or interpretation of history."

 

Why Oklahoma Lawmakers Want to Ban AP US History -- NYMag

 

To Krieger's complaints:

 

The founding fathers were bigots. There were morality questions surrounding the dropping of the atomic bomb, and as to the bolded part, that's how people learn from history. It's not mere memorization of places, events, and people, but the impact of these things and how they shaped formed our country. How dare they promote critical thinking and discussion!

A quick glance at this, and I must be missing something. What about that is unpatriotic or inaccurate?

 

I am just starting to look at it in depth myself. I'm not seeing any conclusions, nor an emphasis on memorization of facts. I'm seeing "explore these relationships."

 

One of my closest friends teaches AP US History and is a very outspoken conservative. She hasn't mentioned any dissatisfaction with the new standards. I'll have to specifically ask her.

I am just starting to look at it in depth myself. I'm not seeing any conclusions, nor an emphasis on memorization of facts. I'm seeing "explore these relationships."

 

One of my closest friends teaches AP US History and is a very outspoken conservative. She hasn't mentioned any dissatisfaction with the new standards. I'll have to specifically ask her.

 

Yeah, it's been 10 years since I took AP US, but that's exactly how it was back then. Can't remember ever answering a conclusive or memorization of fact question. Always talked about discussing the impact of...XYZ on....ABC. :idunno:

It's Obama's fault.

Give enough Bible Belt Republicans enough time and this is what they come up with.