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Teaching Los Actos of Luis Valdez

71 with closure (by the fascism of Japan, Italy and The Third Reich).” The chapters on the Cold War illustrate how, why, and where the post war American economy required “a permanent war economy” that led us to Vietnam and the never-ending Middle East crises. Atwood has taught American History for more than three decades at UMass Boston. He notes in his opening chapter not only how clueless were/are most of his working-and middle class students about the oppressive nature of American imperialism, but also how much their abysmally boring high school history courses caused them to dislike, even resent, studying all and any histories. Atwood rightly suggests the reactionary pedagogy of secondary school history texts is intentional. Given the rapidly shifting demographics of the classroom in our public high schools and colleges, there is no doubt that much of Atwood’s revisionism will awaken and resonate the political consciousness of most students, and can spark deep inquiry. Given the highly politicized curriculum battles raging in our state and federal Departments of Education that use standardized testing as a ruse to de-politicize progressive pedagogy and destroy all vestiges of democratic agency in our local school boards, Atwood’s book is both revolutionary and redemptive.