Talk:Core democratic values

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Initial page creation, further suggestions for expanding the page?--Plattler01 00:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

When I was in high school, I heard a rumor that the "Core Democratic Values" came out of an effort in the 80's to make social studies less thoughtful and more rote memorization. "How did the conception of citizenship change throughout American history?" is an interesting question that takes thought to answer, but "list the Core Democratic Values," is easy to teach and grade. I remember when we wrote essays, part of the instructions were to refer to the Core Democratic Values. Does anybody know anything about the history of the concept of "Core Democratic Values?"

I agree wholeheartedly with the above unsigned post. I'm in school right now, and a requirement for every essay we write is to "Apply a Core Democratic Value", completely regardless of the essay subject matter. Core Democratic Values never seemed to not be pointless, and I'm very curious to know who came up with these silly things that now dominated my entire History and English classes. -67.177.113.133 23:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)