The philosophy behind the program
History should be encountered as a story—not reduced to a synopsis.
CTP connects persons, beliefs, places, decisions, causes, and consequences in a narrative students can enter and remember.
Five guiding principles
What shapes every CTP history book
Select a principle to see how it influences the history students read and the choices teachers make in the classroom.
Principle 01
Persons before abstractions
Ideas, institutions, and movements become clearer when students encounter them through real choices, courage, failures, and consequences. Narrative keeps the people of history from disappearing behind vocabulary and labels.
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See the philosophy at work.
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