Veterans Video Portrait Project
ArtDes 310, Sec. 002, Fall 2006
School of Art and Design
Prof. Heidi Kumao

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Homework #2-The Subject of History
from
Howard Zinn: "Declarations of Independence," 1990

Zinn- Chapt. 1: Introduction: American Ideology
Zinn - Chapt. 4: The Use and Abuse of History

. 1. How does Zinn define "American Ideology?"

 

 

2. Can you name an ideology that is present in your own life? (They are so naturalized, you probably don't even realize that you follow them)

 

 

3. When you read a history of some topic, take a history class, or watch a historical program, what are your assumptions about the history you will be receiving?

 

 

 

 

 

4. What are some issues or problems about (big H) History as we learn it in school?

 

 

 

 

5. How might this affect how we learn about the various wars the U.S. has been involved in?