HISTORY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Gary B. Nash
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Reflections on the national history standards by gary nash. The history standards were created in 1989 by the national education goals. The leaders specified that one of the key goals as the creation of challenging discipline based standards. The project wanted the history standards to be created through open debate, multiple reviews, and the active participation of the largest organizations of history educators in the nation. This project took thirty-two months to create three books that were ready to be published. The three books were called: exploring the american experience (grades 5-12, exploring paths to the present (grades 5-12, exploring paths to the present (grades 5-12) The standards were designed to set forth the most essential understandings that. American students should have by the end of their education. They wanted to provide the children with a more comprehensive, challenging, and thought-provoking education in the public school systems. There were some controversial views on these newly published books.
