It has been proven time and again how biased a lot of the history we learn about today is. The longer a story takes to be told the more distorted it gets by individual opinions, ideas and assumptions. The only … Continue reading
Humans are very interesting creatures when it comes to experiencing and recalling events. History can never be unbiased and can never be accurate because people treat their story of an event like it’s the event. See, supposing that Billy hit … Continue reading
I just found out that the history I’ve been learning for the past decade or so might not even be true. The subjectivity of historical narrative can greatly diminish the accuracy of said narrative. No matter how fair and unprejudiced … Continue reading
Blight’s “Race and Reunion” has obviously had an impact on Foner, and I’ve found that its messages and theories seem like worthwhile reads. What we perceive today as facts about events such as the Civil War may well be the … Continue reading
After I got introduced to the website and the blog, I learned that history can be interpreted in very many different ways. And of course, the more researcher we have, the more opinions we get. It’s almost impossible that a … Continue reading
I believe that hisotry can be tampered with to make people or events seem different then they actually were. Although somethign or someone can be a primary source it might not be one hundred percent accurate. For example, in the … Continue reading
Glad I’m not going to be a historian. If there is one thing I’ve learned about historical sources and evidences, it’s that everything is always subjective. Though primary sources are undoubtedly our best resource for understanding history and the past, … Continue reading
Bias is something we simply cannot eliminate when talking about issues or past events. Every person has their own views regarding everything, even if the given person does not care he or she still will take a stance that won’t … Continue reading
In order to develop your knowledge on a historical event, you must research information from different historical sources. Whether you learn the information from a primary or a secondary historical source, it is still altered from the informant’s point of … Continue reading
History in the past is a really big blur that we are stuff trying to figure out. Even as far back to the prehistoric times. We try to figure out what really happened in the past simply by reading a … Continue reading
History is in the making. You as a student are learning about the history that has occurred hundreds upon hundreds of years ago. Our grandchildren will not only be studying what we have learnt, but the events that are taking … Continue reading