We’ve been climbing History’s Hierarchy of Purpose and at last we have reached the top – Using the Past to Shape the Future. This is the juicy part, the really fun purpose to which we can intentionally use history. When I start putting my mind to it, I can think of many, many ways to use the past to shape the future. I’ll talk about a number of them over the next several posts, but…
I’ve been blogging madly these past few weeks, publishing 3 posts a week as I work to get my blog established. Mostly, this is a strategy that I hoped would allow Google to find and index The Pragmatic Historian quickly. My strategy seems to have worked. The blog shows up on the first page of Google results when you search for it by name. It’s #6 on the page, which isn’t too shabby. Now that…
Today’s challenge is meant to give you practice in using history to learn critical thinking skills and examine context around situations and events. Pick a current event, situation or issue and ask, “How did we get here? How did this event, situation or issue arise?” Dig around and do some research to see if you can find one instigating event or a series of events that led to what is happening today. Use “The Ultimate…