Don Mcleroy: The Revisionary

In the beginning, children are arguing that evolution is the way monkeys became humans. They believe this because it is what they are taught or what they grasp from school. This is what is being discussed in the documentary “The Revisionaries,” the conflicts that appear with the theory of evolution and the re-write of US history when Don McLeroy, a creationist, tries to get re-elected as chairman of America’s most influential board of education. The science debate focuses on evolution while the history debate focuses on conservatism and the exclusion of minorities. Once every ten years a group of people, the Texas Board of Education, decide what will be taught to the next generation of American children. Member of the board give their opinions on what they believe should be part of school education and the rest …show more content…
In the end of the documentary he makes comments like that dinosaurs were on Noah’s Arc; that supports the fact that he should not be involved in children’s education. He wants to incorporate religion in education way too much and it will greatly affect students later on. I believe Cynthia Dunbar was not elected either which was again probably a good decision. She did not care for children’s education she was basically on the Texas State Board of Education to get more attention and become more influential. After all, she is a lawyer not a teacher or anyone that knows what is best for children to learn and what will best benefit them in the future.
The documentary clearly shows how the State Board of Education reaches its conclusions. With the different perspectives and variety of interviews it helps us understand how they decide what children will be learning throughout the school year with their textbooks. It also demonstrates the importance of their meetings and decisions; textbook publishers and other experts are part of the documentary and they explain why it is so