I usually watch Mike Huckabee’s TV show on Saturday nights. Last Saturday, he was promoting his new Learn Our History series of videos for American school children, aged 7 and up. He pointed out that these videos are needed because our students are not learning history in school; Huckabee claims that most high school seniors don’t know who was the first president of the United States. The videos are intended for parents who want to supplement what their children learn in school.
One of his new videos was played on his TV show. In this video, which is in the form of a cartoon, we see Hitler shaking hands with a man dressed in a British uniform, as the narrator says something about “Why is Hitler shaking hands with someone from another country when he hated everyone who was not German?” So, right away, we are given a heads up that this lesson will be a biased view of history. From this video, the little kids will learn a new word, which is pronounced very slowly: APPEASEMENT. What they won’t learn is the true facts surrounding this event and the years of history leading up to the meeting. You can read about some of this history on my web site here.
The information in this particular video is over-simplified and it does not adequately explain the Munich Conference. I don’t think that 7-year-old children should be introduced to controversial events in history with a biased presentation in cartoon form.
Here is a preview of another video in the Learn Our History series:
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