Frequently Asked Questions:<\/p>\n
Is the Conservative Historian a blog? \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Though the majority of the Conservative Historian does function much like a blog,\u00a0\u00a0a portion of our content has created through rigorous scholarship standards and extensive research from primary and secondary sources. These pieces are more essay or dissertation type materials rather than simple opinion pieces. \u00a0We do want to have more interaction on the site but for now though there are “blog-like” qualities to this site, it is more than a blog.<\/p>\n Does the Conservative Historian believe in the Common Core? \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n No, the Conservative Historian believes in the fundamental conservative tenet that individuals can best decide what is best for them. \u00a0Understanding that there is a need for some governmental constructs, we strongly wish these institutions to be locally based and that definitely goes for curriculum. \u00a0Many of the Common Core Standards today seem fairly obvious and applicable to all districts. \u00a0Yet once a centralized education curriculum is established, we strongly feel it is only a matter of time until liberal educators will want to impose their own curriculums which of course will be justified because it is “best for us.” \u00a0Thus it would be a matter of time before this\u00a0standard (which is valuable in an of itself): “Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas” becomes this:\u00a0“Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas that include examples of gender, race and class.”<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0<\/strong>Those who do not feel we would soon be on this path, have not visited a high school or college in the past few years.<\/p>\n Who actually builds the website?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Bel Aves is a scholar with over 30 years of studying history and has several degrees though he believes that academic accreditation is a tool for keeping professors confined to those wealthy enough and ideologically safe enough for the faculty lounge. \u00a0He is joined by a team of production and web people that help do the heavy lifting on the site.