Teach Soviet Russia Through Klingon Empire

June 27, 2008 in The Way It Were
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Allegories are the way to learn Soviet history — Animal Farm, anyone? — in no small part because it creates an relatable framework for a subject that students will find dull despite how interesting it really is. Now that the end of the Cold War is within the scope of the responsible history class, Orwell’s [...]