Educators in the United States have failed in teaching about war. Educators have failed to teach broadly enough, consistently enough, and with the sense of urgency demanded by the immense destruction of the United States’ Post-9/11 Wars. In the spirit of exchanging ideas, strategies, and inspiration, this article offers 56 suggestions for teaching about war. While the suggestions are focused on people teaching about U.S. wars, they can be applied by anyone teaching about war anywhere, at any level, in any field, for any length of time. The article discusses how much of the violence of war is similar to the “invisible knapsack” Peggy McIntosh identifies in her classic article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” War is not the same as whiteness, but war, militarization, and militarism shape our daily lives in profound but often invisible ways. In this context, educators can help make war visible and contribute to movements to end current wars and stop future ones.

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打开隐形军用背包

美国的教育者在教授战争方面失败了。教育工作者未能足够广泛、足够一致地进行教学，并没有充分体现美国 9/11 后战争的巨大破坏所要求的紧迫感。本着交流思想、策略和灵感的精神，本文提供了 56 条关于战争教学的建议。虽然这些建议的重点是教授美国战争的人，但任何在任何地方、任何级别、任何领域、任何时间长度教授战争的人都可以应用这些建议。文章讨论了战争的暴力有多少类似于佩吉·麦金托什在她的经典文章“白色特权：拆开隐形背包”中确定的“隐形背包”。战争不是白人，而是战争，军事化，和军国主义以深刻但往往是无形的方式塑造着我们的日常生活。在这种情况下，教育工作者可以帮助使战争可见，并为结束当前战争和阻止未来战争的运动做出贡献。