History: Forgotten and Remembered. Andrew J. Zwerneman. Falls Church, VA: Cana Academy, 2020. History: Forgotten and Remembered is a small and delightful book about how to think and teach history. Zwerneman advocates for a liberal arts approach in the study of history where students learn to embrace our responsibility…
Evidence. Howard S. Becker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Social scientists combine data, evidence, and ideas to convince themselves and others that a certain phenomenon is true and not a result of accident or coincidence. A social scientist mark what they have observe in writing, visual images, or…
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