"Ken Burns Makes History Happen Now"
Interview
By: Martin C. Pedersen
Date: 1998
Source: Pedersen, Martin C. "Ken Burns Makes History Happen Now." Graphis no. 315, May/June 1998, 99–100.
About the Author: Martin Pedersen purchased Graphis, an internationally recognized magazine concentrating on design and visual communications. In 1986 he moved it from Switzerland to New York City and expanded the magazine's presence in the United States. Graphis also published books on visual and design communications.Introduction
History is traditionally taught as a top-down process. First we are taught about the great men and events, and then, if time allows, about other figures and events. There never seems to be time for the other stories, however. Methods for teaching history changed in the last decades of the twentieth century. Curriculum in women's history, as well as in the history of...
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