This webinar had to do with the way that we teach history (not just in the US, but everywhere), based on the narrative our own country happens to take regarding that bit of history. The moderator shared her personal experiences as a Korean growing up in Japan and then moving, during high school, to the US. Her unique perspective led her to think of the very different ways we may present the same event depending on our national view of it, for example, the 1945 atomic bombings in Japan. The moderator used several textbook examples from various Asian countries and the US to illustrate the differences in narrative. The point in the end is that we will skew students' perspectives on the realities of the past if we do not lead them in exploring the narratives and counter-narratives which are always present, even if perhaps we did not learn about them ourselves in school. I think that this session would be relevant to any teacher dealing with the varied cultural identities present across the globe, whether they may be a social studies teacher or an English teacher looking to incorporate world literature.
