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Show Teaching History The State of Illinois, by legislation, legisla-tion, requires all public schools and other educational institutions, institu-tions, supported by public funds, to teach United States history and the principles of representative representa-tive government-It government-It also requires that pupils receive re-ceive an understanding of the Australian ballot system and the counting of votes. While it is perfectly obvious that the teaching of history varies va-ries in many respects, dependent upon the attitude of the teacher, there is much to be said in favor of the legislation, recently approved by Governor Green. Certainly, Americans should know the history of their country and understand the voting system sys-tem that enables them to elect leaders. The purpose of instructing pupils pu-pils in the history of this country is to enable them to be effective and intelligent citizens. This means that they should be taught both sides of controversial issues, whether they affect economics, eco-nomics, politics or society. We believe that the pupils of our schools should have a knowledge knowl-edge of our country's "glorius" history, but we believe, just as strongly, that they should have a thorough understanding of the episodes which are not quite so glorious. Like every other nation, we have some mistakes on our record and it is important that they be studied and understood. |