matthew frederick met there is germany's opposition later explained to us again why he is visiting president zalinski in cave and not chancellor sholtes. yeah, go since the beginning of this war, chancellor. all of shots has been hesitant to give any indication that he was ready and willing to travel to kiev. and that's an attitude that really hard and with the diplomatic riff over german president frank thought. a shy my a man who in ukraine esteem has been too close to russia historically and, and lay of that this week all a short said that he could not go until that rift had been resolved. as we just had, the ukrainian ambassador to germany accused him of behaving like a sulky sausage. all of that is to see that frederick match spotted a void and he dived into it and he fell and he and used the opportunity to upstage chancellor allah short. but what many didn't expect really, rebecca was that he would be granted an audience for followed him here to lensky and not just a brief meeting, but on our long conversation. and that will probably leave many here, and belinda in schultz is in a circ

incorporate modern sensibilities, or should we try to interpret what frederick douglass or tecumseh was saying in the time? matthew: that is a great question. i merrily this is an exercise in making sure students understand the content and can provide a sound historical interpretation and judgment. there are areas historian's debate, such as what are the main causes for the great depression? is it really the stock market crash or growing income inequality or overproduction, etc.? in terms of their own personal biases, they can bring that in. we all have that and as trained readers we set aside those things because we are upgrading based upon the understanding of their content and their ability to create a sound historical argument. students want to spend most of their time showing that they can do history, they can apply these historical thinking skills in more sophisticated and robust ways. host: are education department at c-span sent out a survey to the students and teachers on their mailing list, and we ask them what would you like to ask you two about this exam? this is teddy. in what way did the federal gove

so was frederick met some trip balance showing support for ukraine or about a big power struggle brewing in berlin. i put that question to database political correspondent, matthew more yeah. go since the beginning of this war, chancellor. allah schultz has been hesitant to give any indication that he was ready and willing to travel to kia. and that's an attitude that really hard and with the diplomatic riff over german president frank thought, a shy my a man who in ukraine is seen as being too close to russia historically and, and lay of that this week. all i've shopped said that he could not go until that rift had been resolved, as we just had. the ukranian ambassador to germany accused him of behaving like a sulky sausage. all of that is to see that frederick match spotted avoid. anita dived into it. and if any in use the opportunity to up stage chancellor all shot. but what many didn't expect really, rebecca was that he would be granted an audience for follow to me or to lensky and not just a brief meeting, but on our long conversation. and that will probably leave many here in berlin in shots, his inner circle feeling quite better. do we know if met, met hi