1. How many of the questions from the bullet points in the article can you answer correctly?  Why do you think this is so?

2.  Mr. Jacoby states:  "Imagine how different the NAEP history scores would be if more teachers and schools in America today routinely imparted to their students a Trumanesque love and enthusiasm for learning about the past."  Do you think the reason students don't do well in U.S. history is that American schools don't impart to their students a love an enthusiasm for learning about the past?  Explain your answer.

3.  Why do you think: "The most promising high school athletes in this country are publicly acclaimed and profiled in the press and recruited by college coaches and offered lucrative scholarships, [but] there is no comparable lauding of outstanding high school history students"?

4.  Visit the website for the National History Club mentioned in Mr. Jacoby's commentary.  Do you think this club would build students interest in and enthusiasm for, American History?  Explain your answer.

5.  Statistics show that Americans overall are not proficient in American history.  What can be done to change this fact?