Diversity coming to history everywhere

New interpretive material at the Park City Museum will include a sign depicting Native Americans in Park City, even though very few ever established residence here.

Johanna Fassbender, director of education at the museum, said that research indicated that American museum goers have simply come to expect Native American history in their museums. Even though the history of Park City can’t necessarily facilitate that desire, the museum still sees their curiousity as an opportunity to instruct.

Diversity in history and the teaching of social studies, has become a major issue in the last few years and currently in California some five bills from the state legislature are targeting social studies curriculum. These bills all seek to introduce multi-ethnic approaches to history.

The Utah State Board of Eduation will launch its own changes to their social studies core curriculum as it hits the Internet for the fall semester. But, said Tom Sutton, social studies specialist, the content of the core curriculum has changed little. It will just be more accessible to teachers and students via the Web.

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Diversity coming to history everywhere
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