Social studies, once a pillowy reserve of consensus history and anodyne civic lessons, has in the last year been in a state of play. In classrooms and from Chromebooks, discussing January 6 has been so sensitive that organizations and experts have published resources on how to teach it.
I talked to a high school teacher, an historian and an education expert to hear what they think about the struggle to teach January 6 in this volatile, fractious educational moment.
The conversations have been edited for length and clarity.
Anton Schulzki, president of the National Council for the Social Studies and teacher of American history at General William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado:
