SAIL of Melbourne, Inc

This instructor-developed course by the Florida 2007 American History Teacher of the Year (Dr. Dan Scheuerer) will focus on erroneous understandings some Americans have developed over the years as a result of Hollywood portrayals, conspiracy theories, misleading textbooks, and disinformation web sites. Topics will include: a violation of the first amendment rights, a disastrous election compromise (1877), a presidential failure to compromise (Wilson), a failed “experiment” (prohibition), a callous political/economic philosophy (laissez-faire), and the South’s “lost cause” denial.