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Elementary school teachers of Reddit, how do you navigate teaching simplified or outdated historical narratives — like “Christopher Columbus discovered America” or who invented the lightbulb — without forgetting the knowledge you learned in college?

Elementary school teachers of Reddit, how do you approach teaching simplified or outdated historical narratives, such as “Christopher Columbus discovered America” or the story of who invented the lightbulb, while still keeping in mind the more nuanced information you learned in college?