Staples: We need to teach history, not YouTube clips, says teacher

It’s a good thing the Alberta government is rewriting the social studies curriculum. The curriculum in use right now is a mess that needs replacing, even as I worry about what might come next. 
The essential problem? Social studies teachers tell me, both on and off the record, that the comprehensive teaching of world history was abandoned during the last curriculum rewrite from 2006 to 2010. In its place is a haphazard focus on social issues.
In the pre-2006 curriculum, Grade 10 stude