Teaching War: Making History Relevant for Middle School Students

Seventh-grade students at ASCEND School in East Oakland, CA improve their media literacy and dig into world affairs in a semester-long project on the Iraq war.
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[@misterjag]

The key is asking the top-line important questions and then drilling down various rabbit holes until indeed you have some answers, but also new questions arise.

[@MrRoger408]

This is powerful. Today I came out of the school where I teach disappointed because the administrator told me today that exposing students to content not related to the textbook is not "professional." I am happy to see how teachers take their teaching to a different level by exposing their students to relevant and out of the book material. :).

[@Legendary-legend.]

i found it inspiring that the teacher decides to go beyond the boundaries and limits of ordinary teaching, a teacher who actually decides to teach the truth.
i also found it insipiring when the kids made their own peace song and actually showed interest in the subject of war.