When people are deciding whether or not to honor a particular public figure, do they consider some offenses to be worse than others? Who should decide where to draw the line?

American History by Geoffrey

THINKING CRITICALLY

4. Do you think that the current debate over Confederate War memorials indicates that communities are “reflecting on how to honor history”? Explain.

5. When people are deciding whether or not to honor a particular public figure, do they consider some offenses to be worse than others? Who should decide where to draw the line?

6. Do you believe that efforts to remove some Confederate memorials are “bad faith attempts to rewrite history”? How does Staples explain what’s happening?
WRITING ACTIVITIES – Respond to either prompt #1 or #2 in America Now, page