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Living in History The Point of Learning History Mr. Shore
The Consequences of No History No remembrance of past events No sense of context or shared memories No relationships No sense of identity  No coherent structure for a value system No foundation for decision making “A nation that forgets its past has no future”—Winston Churchill
Why Study History? Peter Stearns (AHA) History Helps Us Understand People and Societies History Helps Us Understand Change and How the Society We Live In Came to Be Importance of History in Our Own Life History Contributes to Our Moral Understanding History Provides Identity
The Historian-Wrestler With the Angel of Death (Boorstin) Historian is a discoverer and creator Limits of Discovery 1. Bias of Survival of the Unread 2. Bias of the Survival of the Durable 3. Bias of the Survival of the Collectibles &  Gov’t       Data 4. Bias of the Survival of the Printed and Self-Serving 5. Bias of the Victorious Point of View
History Speaks to Us…
Reflections on History “History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken”—James Joyce “Study history, study history—in history lie all the secrets of statecraft”—Winston Churchill “We cannot escape history”—Abraham Lincoln “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”—Jose Ortega y Gasset
“A City Upon a Hill” The uniqueness of the American experience

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Living In History

  • 1. Living in History The Point of Learning History Mr. Shore
  • 2. The Consequences of No History No remembrance of past events No sense of context or shared memories No relationships No sense of identity No coherent structure for a value system No foundation for decision making “A nation that forgets its past has no future”—Winston Churchill
  • 3. Why Study History? Peter Stearns (AHA) History Helps Us Understand People and Societies History Helps Us Understand Change and How the Society We Live In Came to Be Importance of History in Our Own Life History Contributes to Our Moral Understanding History Provides Identity
  • 4. The Historian-Wrestler With the Angel of Death (Boorstin) Historian is a discoverer and creator Limits of Discovery 1. Bias of Survival of the Unread 2. Bias of the Survival of the Durable 3. Bias of the Survival of the Collectibles & Gov’t Data 4. Bias of the Survival of the Printed and Self-Serving 5. Bias of the Victorious Point of View
  • 6. Reflections on History “History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken”—James Joyce “Study history, study history—in history lie all the secrets of statecraft”—Winston Churchill “We cannot escape history”—Abraham Lincoln “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”—Jose Ortega y Gasset
  • 7. “A City Upon a Hill” The uniqueness of the American experience