Binary Paideia

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Binary Paideia
The Binary Paideia is the unifying theme of
AIHEs approach to unit and lesson planning.
Historical change is the result of conflicting
and/or evolving values among cultures.
The Binary Paideia allows us to easily identify
the main features of a culture or subculture and
compare/contrast it with one or more others.
It also helps us to understand why things happen
in a particular culture in a certain way.
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Why Write the Paideia?

• To stimulate the depth of the lesson research and
  enhance understanding of the period.
• To assist other teachers in understanding your
  lesson narrative.
• To assist students in making connections between
  time periods and historical events.

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Cicero
POLITEA The Regime
History Beyond The Textbook
PAIDEIA What Makes a State What It Is
POLITEUMA The Ruling Order
Highest Moral Excellence --- Highest Virtue
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POLITEIA Regime --WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM? Athenian Assembly, the
US Constitution Republic, Britains
Constitutional Monarchy, etc. POLITEUMA
Ruling order --WHO IS IN CHARGE? The first
second estates in ancien regime France The
Communist Party in the USSR PAIDEIA
HOW DO THE PEOPLE DEFINE THEMSELVES? Things the
Politeia teaches its children Iliad, Aeneid,
Bible, Koran, The Declaration of Independence,
Communist Manifesto,
Documents, Myths, Legends VIRTUES The
highest moral excellence of a society. Roman
Virtues Christian Virtues Bourgeois
Virtues Institutional Virtues Revolutionary
Virtues, etc.
Cicero
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BINARY PAIDEIA The South After the Civil War
1860-1865
"I have never had a feeling politically that did
not spring from the sentiments embodied in the
Declaration of Independence." Lincoln at
Independence Hall 1861
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US 1860
Cicero
History Beyond The Textbook
P A I D I E A

• South
• State Govt within the Federal Govt
• Planters
• Constitution
• Hierarchy
• Slave Culture
• Honor

• North
• National Republic
• Citizens
• Declaration
• Free Market
• Industrialization
• Industry

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WW II
Cicero
History Beyond The Textbook

• UNITED STATES
• Federal Republic
• Citizens
• Declaration Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Liberty, Industry, Duty, Patriotism

• NAZI GERMANY
• Totalitarian Dictatorship
• Nazi Party
• German Purity
• Mein Kampf
• Racial Superiority
• Loyalty, Service to the Volk

P A I D I E A