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It's an age-old question that sometimes is not completely understood or answered. I have done some research and by utilizing these 5 themes from Calvertnet, in accompaniment with a video, I have listed information that properly outlines the importance of understanding our past as a way to better understand our present and future.
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5 Reasons Why It's Important to
Know Your History:
Know Your History:
1. To Help Us Understand Change and How the Community, Nation and World We Live in Came to Be
Each person’s world view is shaped by individual experiences, as well as the experiences of the group to which he or she belongs. If we are ignorant of the contemporary and historical experiences of a variety of cultures, then we cannot hope to understand why people, communities or nations behave the way they do or make the decisions they make.
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2. To Help Us Develop Judgment in Worldly Affairs by Understanding the Past Behavior of People and Societies
3. To Help Us Develop Essential Skills for Good Citizenship
4. To Help Us Develop Essential Thinking Skills
Social Studies promotes:
-Reading at the evaluation, synthesis, analysis and interpretation levels -Critical thinking skills through writing -Analytical thinking It is in social studies that students learn skills ranging from reading a map to making an argument. Students learn how to assess the validity of evidence, evaluate conflicting points of view and apply facts to making decisions. These are the skills of the real world |
5. To Inspire Us (My Favorite)
History teaches us that a single individual with great convictions or a committed group can change the world. “It is from numberless acts of courage that human history is shaped. Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the life of others, or strikes out against injustice, he or she sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Robert F. Kennedy (adapted)
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