📚 Education May 29, 2026 · Frederick Hess

How Teaching History Can Help Our Terrible Reading Scores

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How Teaching History Can Help Our Terrible Reading Scores
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Sometimes called the Second American Revolution, the War of 1812 is significant both to the history of the United States and the nation’s narrative of forbearance. The bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, depicted in this engraving, inspired lawyer Francis Scott Key to write a poem that eventually became “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Narrative weaved in history is the kind of content the Knowledge Matters Campaign advocates be a part of history and civics curricula.




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