ABSTRACT
Chapter 8, “Conclusion,” discusses the book’s major findings by describing and analyzing the role of social studies teachers in reinforcing or challenging perceptions of otherness when discussing the Middle East and Africa in their classrooms. The chapter details the veiled, subtle, and often implicit manner in which stereotypes appeared in teachers’ discourse. However, the chapter also describes the ways teachers attempted to complicate historical knowledge in order to humanize populations and explicitly challenge stereotypes. The chapter concludes by enumerating the value of this scholarship in enhancing the fields of memory studies, social studies education, and curriculum studies. Last, the chapter discusses the implications for schools of education and teacher professional development.
