ELE - Contexts
History Repeats
Extension Activities:
Your Mission:
- Retrace the Boom and Bust period of the 1920s with that of the 1990s and 2000s.
- Retrace the causal relationship of technological advancements of these periods of time
- Construct timelimes focusing on sequence of events rather than dates.
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Francis Bacon said "Histories make men [peope] wise".
Do his implies not only the acquisition of knowledge but also the cultivation of balance, judgement and objectivity.
"Printing, gunpowder and the compass: These three have changed the whole face and state of things throughout the world; the first in literature, the second in warfare, the third in navigation; whence have followed innumerable changes, and influence in human affairs ...."[Bacon]
Mobile phones, the internet and computers - have these three changed the whole face and state of things thoughout the world: the first in communication, the second in conflict and the third in direction-finding..[Vey]
How does History Repeat?
Historical perspective comes from understanding past history as the flow of unique situations and events, which arise from a changing context. [This context, in itself helps us better understand our present so that our future will not be a repetition of our present.]
A study of the past, the significance of the Past, the Present and the Future - Is an awareness that history is a dynamic relationship of people, place and time in which some events can be judged more significant than others, while some more relevant to our present and rapidly changing future makes: the present more intelligible, the future more exciting! History is 'everybody's story’ A vital part of the cultural and social heritage of every citizen.
Can it be assumed that no adequate appreciation of contemporary society and its affairs can be gained without knowledge of its antecedents- thus an interpretation of past and present together as continuous development [an understanding of the significance of continuity and change, and helps students acquire a deeper understanding the forces which have shaped our present because the present can only be understood by studying the past. The present and the past are interrelated].
Outcome:To understand how History Repeats
Project Question:
Identify and clarify issues of the past with contemporary issues, i.e. 1920s with 2000s)
Develop your own area of interest and formulate questions that you want answered and relate to your understanding of history repeats. For example
1. the history of boom and bust cycles, or
2. compare and measuring the effects of technological advancements;
3. or perhaps an chronological approach focusing on the sequence of events - the chain reaction.
Outcome:
To explore and meaure understanding of how history repeats patterns and trends
Project Question:
The phenomenon of history repeating is nothing more than rekindling the seeds of the past. Or perhaps 'every time history repeats itself the price goes up'. Discuss
Overview:
A study of History will equip students with a highly valuable set of skills and a useful body of knowledge from which to tackle many of the issues and problems presented by a complex and changing world. To deny history to the young is to deprive them of their cultural memory.
This unit of study involves a sense of time, a sense of cause/effect relationship, an understanding of the interaction of past and present which will develop:
- an understanding of the concept of change, and
- an ability to examine historical concepts, by
- providing opportunities for the students to develop critical, and discriminatory attitudes to understand that
- HISTORY is more than recall and response for examinations it is about being FOREVER AN INQUIRING PERSON
Students will assessing and evaluating
- the dynamic relationship of people, place and time in which
- some events can be judged more significant than others,
- while some much more relevant to our present and rapidly changing future.
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