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  1. I suddenly realized what (besides the obvious) especially bothers me about the #prageru “history” shows for kids, the ones being pushed by the administration as a replacement for PBS. In the shows where kids time travel to talk with historical figures like Columbus or Fredrick Douglas, or the AI generated one that makes John Adams speak…. These historical figures don’t actually say anything they would have actually said.

    I mean, we have primary-source documents on what they actually said or thought or had been observed doing while they were alive. But (of course) PragerU doesn’t use any of that actual, documented #evidence in their videos.

    I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but as a huge history nerd who loves reading the actual reports on the past written by the people who were there (or closer to the event than anyone recently alive at least), the fact that a supposedly accurate #history program doesn’t even have a trace of #primarysources in any of their productions REALLY bothers me.

    I wish it bothered other people more… 😒

  2. Oklahoma will require incoming teachers from two states, California and New York, to take an America First ideology test. The test, created by right-wing PragerU, will query them on civics, religion, and gender.
    #prageru
    #rightwingExtremists
    pbs.org/newshour/politics/okla