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Why Study History?

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Why Study History?. Why Study History?. Commercial One. Why Study History?. Famous historians answer this question. Why Study History?. “Those who do not remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana

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  1. Why Study History?

  2. Why Study History? Commercial One

  3. Why Study History? Famous historians answer this question. . .

  4. Why Study History? • “Those who do notremember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” • George Santayana • “Those who do not remember the past, are condemned to repeat the eighth grade.” • Mrs. Jordan

  5. Why Study History? • "The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books,manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster." • the blind Czech historian Milan Hubl What does this cartoon mean to you?

  6. Why Study History? Hatshepsut (1504-1482 B.C.) • As regent she called herself “king,” even baring her chest and wearing a beard. • Nephew Tuthmosis III, retaliated and ordered her name to be effaced from all monuments. • Consequently, she was forgotten for centuries. Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut

  7. Why Study History? Commercial Two

  8. Why Study History? • "..history is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history reveals how we arrived at this point. Understanding our past is central to our ability to understand ourselves and the world around us" • James W. Loewen

  9. Why Study History? Commercial Three

  10. Fallacies in History • History is simply the interpretation of historians. • Historians copy other historians, thus perpetuating errors. • It’s easy for history to be written & interpreted from nationalistic & regional viewpoints. • Propaganda-ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one’s cause or damage an opposing cause.

  11. How to Detect Fallacies • Use Essential Questions: • Ask How & Why?? • Research using Multi-sources: • Primary & Secondary • Use logical reasoning: • Who said this? What are his/her qualifications, or bias?

  12. Why Study History? • Clip from the movie, Dead Poets Society. Carpe Diem! Seize the Day!! • What point is Mr. Keating trying to make? • Why point is Mrs. Jordan trying to make?

  13. Why Study History? Dead Poets Society. • Captain! My Captain! • Listen to the poem about the death of A. Lincoln by Walt Whitman • Robert Hedrick’s To the Virgins

  14. Why Study History? • History = Change Over Time

  15. Why Study History? Homework Assignment