--- title: 'The Ultimate History Lesson' url: 'https://samisdat.in/blog/gatto-ultime-history-lesson' markdown: 'https://samisdat.in/blog/gatto-ultime-history-lesson.md' lang: en date: '2022-03-07' description: 'The Ultimate History Lesson Talk by John Taylor Gatto Links found to resources whilst watching the talk. Watch The Ultimate History Lesson by John Taylor Gatto "Schools are to establish fixed habits of reaction to authority. This, of course, precludes critical judgment completely. It also pretty…' taxonomy: category: - blog tag: - history - politics - government - education --- # [The Ultimate History Lesson](https://samisdat.in/blog/gatto-ultime-history-lesson) 7th Mar 2022 [history](https://samisdat.in/blog/tag:history#body-wrapper) [politics](https://samisdat.in/blog/tag:politics#body-wrapper) [government](https://samisdat.in/blog/tag:government#body-wrapper) [education](https://samisdat.in/blog/tag:education#body-wrapper) # The Ultimate History Lesson Talk by John Taylor Gatto Links found to resources whilst watching the talk. - [Watch The Ultimate History Lesson by John Taylor Gatto](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQiW_l848t8&list=PL463AA90FD04EC7A2&index=1) > "Schools are to establish fixed habits of reaction to authority. This, of course, precludes critical judgment completely. It also pretty much destroys the idea that useful or interesting material should be taught..." - > Rockefellers and School Education > > John Taylor Gatto Ultimate Collection of Works - > John Taylor Gatto books on archive org - [https://archive.org?query=creator%3A%22JOHN+TAYLOR+GATTO%22](https://archive.org?query=creator%3A%22JOHN%2BTAYLOR%2BGATTO%22) > Public Opinion (1922) by Walter Lippmann > PDF: > Audiobook: - - [https://archive.org/details/public\_opinion\_1312\_librivox](https://archive.org/details/public_opinion_1312_librivox) > "Abraham Lincoln spoke against the mudsill theory, which would see that the farmer and his ilk always on the bottom floor of society. The mudsill theory says that the people who control capital will also be above labor for hire or slaves." - [https://www.theclio.com?id=22956](https://www.theclio.com) > "Lincoln says those who espouse this theory don’t recognize that there are people outside labor for hire or slaves. The free laborer must be both good with his hands and his mind. That’s why, Lincoln said, education is so important." > > The Difference Between Rhetoric And Dialectic - > Uncle Tom's Cabin Or Life Among The Lowly (1853) by Harriet Beecher Stowe PDF: Audiobook: Among the most "banned" books in the USA. - - [https://archive.org/details/uncletomscabin\_1604\_librivox](https://archive.org/details/uncletomscabin_1604_librivox) > The dangerous classes of New York, and twenty years' work among them (1872) > by Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890 - > "From 1854 to 1929 an estimated 250,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children were placed throughout the United States and Canada during the Orphan Train Movement." - > Getting more and more convinced that the period of history around the turn of the 20th century was the absolute peak of humanity so far. > > Addresses to the German nation (1923) > by Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814; Jones, Reginald Foy, b. 1882, tr; Turnbull, George Henry, b. 1889, joint tr - > Tractatus theologico-politicus: a critical inquiry into the history, purpose, and authenticity of the Hebrew scriptures; with the right to free thought and free discussion asserted (1862) > by Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677; Willis, Robert, 1799-1878, tr - > Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) by Jean Calvin > PDF: > Audiobooks: - - [https://archive.org?query=creator%3A%22John+Calvin%22+institutes](https://archive.org?query=creator%3A%22John%2BCalvin%22%2Binstitutes) > The Descent Of Man (1896) by Charles Darwin - > An essay on the principle of population, or, A view of its past and present effects on human happiness : with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions (1803) > by Malthus, T. R, 1766-1834 - > On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Burndy Library, donor. DSI; Henry Sotheran Ltd., bookseller. DSI; Edmonds \\& Remnants, binder. DSI - > Moby-Dick; or, The whale (1892) by Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 PDF: Audiobook: - [https://archive.org/details/mobydickorwhitew00melv\_1](https://archive.org/details/mobydickorwhitew00melv_1) - [https://archive.org/details/moby\_dick\_librivox](https://archive.org/details/moby_dick_librivox) > \- Foundations Their Power And Influence By Rene A Wormse > \- Rockefeller File The Power of Foundations by Gary Allen > \- Rockefeller Plan excerpted from the book Seeds of Destruction > \- Tax-exempt Foundations - The\_Hidden Evil - > Foundations, America Foundations; Their Power And Influence Rene A Wormser ( 1958) by Wormser, Rene A. - > The Leipzig Connection - The Systematic Destruction Of American Education (1993) by Paulo Lionni - ![Image 165 - 165_1063912755491680256.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063912755491680256-DsPG38TXgAASBLF.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 166 - 166_1063912755491680256.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063912755491680256-DsPG52rXgAExSJ5.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > Peirce, Pragmatism, and The Right Way Of Thinking Philip L Campbell (2011) > based on C S Peirce (1903) > PDF - ![Image 167 - 167_1063915128079482880.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063915128079482880-DsPJI6aXQAEI3X2.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 168 - 168_1063915128079482880.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063915128079482880-DsPJKHRW0AA9Juz.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > The Impact of Science on Society (1953) by Bertrand Russell - > Cybernetics Or Communication And Control In The Animal And The Machine (1948) by Norbert Wiener - ![Image 169 - 169_1063917567201427456.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063917567201427456-DsPLVzJWwAENFz5.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 170 - 170_1063917567201427456.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063917567201427456-DsPLXCJWwAAi6UK.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 171 - 171_1063917567201427456.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063917567201427456-DsPLYKjXoA08K_V.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > Norbert Wiener Human Use Of Human Beings (1950) by Norbert Weiner > Text: > Audio: - [https://archive.org/stream/NorbertWienerHumanUseOfHumanBeings/NorbertWienerHuman\_use\_of\_human\_beings\_djvu.txt](https://archive.org/stream/NorbertWienerHumanUseOfHumanBeings/NorbertWienerHuman_use_of_human_beings_djvu.txt) - > New Atlantis (1660) > by Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626; H., R; R.H; Haines, Richard, 1633-1685 - ![Image 172 - 172_1063919508543496192.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063919508543496192-DsPNJMMW0AYI920.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > Principles of Psychology (1891) By William James - > Common sense (1776) by Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 - > Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin > PDF (1868): > Audiobook: - - [https://archive.org/details/franklin\_autobio\_gg\_librivox](https://archive.org/details/franklin_autobio_gg_librivox) > Leviathan (Books I and II) (1651) > by Thomas Hobbes > PDF: > Audiobook: - - [https://archive.org/details/leviathan\_1\_2\_0802\_librivox](https://archive.org/details/leviathan_1_2_0802_librivox) > Soma Divine Mushroom Of Immortality (1968) > by Wasson, Gordon R. - > MUSHROOMS RUSSIA AND HISTORY (1957) BY VALENTINA PAVLOVNA WASSON AND R.GORDON WASSON Vol 1 - Vol 2 - - - > The Story of Civilization (1967) by Will Durant - > The meditations of Marcus Aurelius > by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726; Zimmern, Alice, 1855-1939 PDF: Audiobook: - - [https://archive.org/details/meditations\_0708\_librivox](https://archive.org/details/meditations_0708_librivox) > The Aims Of Education And Other Essays (1942) > by Alfred North Whitehead - > How To Train Your Flea (Or, How To Control Others) - > How to Train Fleas > 1 minute video. MUST-SEE! - > The Trilateral Commission: The Crisis Of Democracy (1975) > By Michel Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki - ![Image 173 - 173_1063977133662511104.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063977133662511104-DsQBVY4WsAACsJD.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 174 - 174_1063977133662511104.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063977133662511104-DsQBXnKWoAApXOW.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 175 - 175_1063977133662511104.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1063977133662511104-DsQBZC3WoAAzOr-.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > Hyperdemocracy - Could it be we have too much democracy? by Hugh Heclo PDF: - [http://archive.wilsonquarterly.com/sites/default/files/articles/WQ\_VOL23\_W\_1999\_Article\_04.pdf](http://archive.wilsonquarterly.com/sites/default/files/articles/WQ_VOL23_W_1999_Article_04.pdf) > Antony C Sutton Ultimate Collection - > Rome and Jerusalem: A Study in Jewish Nationalism (1918) by Moses Hess, Meyer Waxman - > Cathedral and the Bazaar (2001) by Eric S. Raymond - > Principles of secondary education (1918) by Inglis, Alexander James, 1879-1924 - > Against School (2003) by John Taylor Gatto > How public education cripples our kids, and why - > Tragedy \\& Hope Documents > Trivium Method - 5 page summary of a the most useful learning tool ever created: > Creative-Problem-Solving > Logical Fallacies - - - > Learning and the Trivium by Jarett Sanchez Trivium: Subject, Method, Skill by The Next Step Podcast - - > Logical Fallacies > Jan Irvin In Conversation With Michael Labossiere What would happen if everyone in society received an immunization against all of today’s media and political propaganda? - > Logical Fallacies: A Beginner’s Guide - [http://www.mekabay.com/overviews/logical\_fallacies.pdf](http://www.mekabay.com/overviews/logical_fallacies.pdf) > Notes on Informal Fallacies (2004) > By Professor Cynthia Bolton, Arizona State University > PDF: - > Charles Darwin - on "the careless, squalid, uninspiring Irishman" "the inferior and less favoured race" according to his theories of evolution when applied to mankind and of course the "remarkable success of the English" (and French) ![Image 176 - 176_1065067415611019269.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1065067415611019269-DsfhAKnX4AA9qdN.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 177 - 177_1065067415611019269.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1065067415611019269-DsfhEClXoAIP4YX.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 178 - 178_1065067415611019269.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1065067415611019269-DsfhIQoWsAAWssA.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > Logical Fallacies: A Beginner's Guide ![Image 179 - 179_1065072426206339073.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1065072426206339073-DsflpfDWwAIo3Ik.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 180 - 180_1065072426206339073.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1065072426206339073-Dsflsl-WkAAi5bp.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > The goose-step : a study of American education (1923) by Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 - ![Image 181 - 181_1069396341271482369.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1069396341271482369-DtdCLc8XoAU74ki.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 182 - 182_1069396341271482369.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1069396341271482369-DtdCQpeXQAA8A6N.jpg?g-1351ebf7) ![Image 183 - 183_1069396341271482369.jpg](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/04.blog/gatto-history/1069396341271482369-DtdCSu2WoAEJq0D.jpg?g-1351ebf7) > The "Appeal To Authority" Logical Fallacy - > Foundlings and the Orphan Train - > "Schools are Dangerous" - John Taylor Gatto - --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Blog](https://samisdat.in/blog.md) - Previous: [Court Cases on Fictitious Names](https://samisdat.in/blog/fictitious-names-court-cases.md) - Next: [Germany and England](https://samisdat.in/blog/germany-and-england.md)