Moral education does not consist of the transmission of fixed values but in confronting students with genuine and difficult ethical conflicts to be resolved by judgments based on wide concepts of moral justice as applied to all members of society. (JD)

This document proposes a case study approach to U.S. history instruction. The method which the document suggests arises from an actual class discussion of the My Lai massacre that occurred during the Vietnam War. A sample class discussion concerns the setting of standards to guide national and international affairs and the particular standards…