OT - If you are a History Buff- Come to National History Day
by Tripon on Mar 16, 2011 8:37 PM PDT
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Hey everyone, If you like History (and I'm capitalizing History because History is awesome), the National History Day program is getting underway for this year. If you're in Orange County, it is going to be held this Saturday at the Orange County Department of Education from 7:30 to 3:30.
If you're wondering what the NHD program is, students compete in age groups ranging from elementary (K-6), junior (6-8) and senior levels (9-12) in categories ranging from Historical documentaries, Historical websites, Historical posters, and other numerous categories.
If you're interested in being a judge, please come on Sat, and I'm sure a place will be found for you. This is the best and brightest of the OC competing using Historical analysis, which is sorely missing in everyday discourse.
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I love reading history. What I’ve found in my own long history is that there is never just one version of historical events. There are many.
I am a WWII buff, and have many books and films of the era, and have noticed that versions of battle events vary depending on who the interviewer is, who the storyteller is, which side he was on, even which unit participating he was in. In the Battle of the Bulge, there are many inconsistencies involving the participants, so you have to read them all and come up with your own version of the story.
I have immense respect for kids who delve into history. As some wise person in the past said: “Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.”
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
History Rule #1
The winners write the history.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Howard Zinn says GFY?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 17, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
A significant number of students forced to read Zinn say the same thing, so I’ve heard.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Mar 19, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s true. Winners write the immediate history. Take the Bostom Massacre. When I was growing up, I was taught that the British soldiers fired on unarmed civilians, but as I later learned, it probably waan’t a British soldier at all, but an American patriot. And that took from the 1770’s to now to find out. So, it pays to investigate history.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
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