Home > Resources > Readings Readings about History Research The Library as Muse: Researching the Anti-slavery Movement by Adam Hochschild One researcher discusses how access to electronic databases and other library resources have facilitated historical research in the past decade. hochschild.pdf (158 Kb) Readings on Teaching About Democracy "Now is the Time to Teach Democracy" by Diane Ravitch http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=07ravitch.h21 This article was published October 17, 2001 in Education Week in response to the events of September 11th and as part of a larger debate on multicultural education. "Now Is the Time to Teach Democracy" by Alan Singer http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2002feb/singer.html Alan Singer's response to the article by Diane Ravitch (see above) from the February 2002 Newsletter of the Organization of American Historians. http://www.oah.org

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