Choosing History

3/5/2019

Daily Literary Quote
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
― George Orwell

Journal Prompt
What kinds of historical events do people record? What is it about the events that make them worth studying? What sort of events do we conveniently omit? Why?

80 Comments

Griffin Mylan

3/5/2019 01:14:12 pm

People record historical events that heavily change the way we function as a society. These events can be tragic or amazing. We usually only talk about the good ones because we like to think of our past as more positive than it actually was.

Blazen Burgess

3/5/2019 01:15:43 pm

I agree.

Taija

3/5/2019 01:17:00 pm

So true.

Sammy H.

3/5/2019 01:17:06 pm

I agree.

Johnny

3/5/2019 01:17:45 pm

Well put. Great comment

Aidan

3/5/2019 01:17:54 pm

No I couldn’t think of anything anymore wrong than this comment.

Caden Cayowood

3/5/2019 01:20:58 pm

This is it chief

Caden Caywood

3/5/2019 01:18:18 pm

That seems accurate

Jordan

3/5/2019 01:18:39 pm

Nice one

Mackay

3/5/2019 01:20:21 pm

Very true.

Sammy H.

3/5/2019 01:15:04 pm

People record events that they see as important or useful. They push facts about political leaders under the rug do to the fact that they have a bigger impact on us.

Jordan

3/5/2019 01:17:55 pm

*due to the fact*

Blazen Burgess

3/5/2019 01:15:05 pm

We record thing like when independence is earned. It’s worth studying because most of them are earned through wars. We tend to leave out the wars that we lose because we don’t want people to think our country is a failure.

Griffin Mylan

3/5/2019 01:16:04 pm

I agree with that

Preston

3/5/2019 01:17:26 pm

This is a true fact

Caden Caywood

3/5/2019 01:17:27 pm

One lost war = Complete failure

Johnny

3/5/2019 01:18:12 pm

You make a good point

Sammy H.

3/5/2019 01:18:33 pm

We have a big ego, you could say.

Sam

3/5/2019 01:15:18 pm

Wars are always recorded because they usually have a large impact on many people and they also usually involve many countries.

Alexia

3/5/2019 01:18:57 pm

I agree, wars have impacts wether won or lost

Ariana

3/5/2019 01:19:30 pm

I agree

Avery

3/5/2019 01:21:30 pm

Wars really do have a big impact on many people.

Ariana

3/5/2019 01:15:26 pm

They record the ones that impact them the most, the one that change the lives of everyone. I think it’s the impact or the devasting facts that make the worth studying.

Avery

3/5/2019 01:19:11 pm

That’s a good reason why they are studied

Preston

3/5/2019 01:15:49 pm

The record important or amazing historical events. It makes us go in awe about something that happened, and it’s interestng. For America, usually ones that we lost in battles or ones that are humiliating.

Treygan

3/5/2019 01:19:36 pm

That’s a good point

Alexia

3/5/2019 01:19:41 pm

Yea so we the future doesn’t make mistakes

Johnny

3/5/2019 01:15:53 pm

The pattern is that people mostly record bug events. A good example is wars. We learn these things in school because it’s good to know history and so we can learn lessons from it.

Griffin Mylan

3/5/2019 01:16:32 pm

Now that’s cool

Taija

3/5/2019 01:18:01 pm

I agree with the 3rd sentence.

Preston

3/5/2019 01:18:05 pm

I can confirm this is true.

Lani Belgarde

3/5/2019 01:15:59 pm

People record the big and tragic events and we learn about it so then we don’t repeat it even though we unfortunately do anyway

Jordan

3/5/2019 01:19:17 pm

Yes. Very unfortunate

Jaicei

3/5/2019 01:23:03 pm

Nice job

Caden Caywood

3/5/2019 01:16:36 pm

We record big events that are very influential and we study them because we need to learn from what has already happened. We often study the holocaust because it was a very bad thing we don’t want to happen again.

Blazen Burgess

3/5/2019 01:17:16 pm

That makes sense.

Dillon

3/5/2019 01:18:24 pm

Great job Caden. That’s exactly right.

Treygan

3/5/2019 01:22:00 pm

This is a very good point.

Jordan

3/5/2019 01:16:53 pm

They record tragic, or big events and they teach them to us so we know what happened in the past because it’s important.

Sammy H.

3/5/2019 01:19:24 pm

I agree with you.

Jaicei

3/5/2019 01:22:36 pm

I agree

Emma Dahle

3/5/2019 01:24:43 pm

That’s true, they do mainly record tragic and big events.

Aidan

3/5/2019 01:17:17 pm

The horrific ones because people remember bad things that happen to them better then good things so they remember not to do that again. They are worth studying because they are bad and are interesting. Mass genocide happens throughout the ages a lot because differing religions don’t get along too well. This is because they all believe in something else.

Will

3/5/2019 01:23:07 pm

That is very true

Dillon

3/5/2019 01:17:33 pm

Wars are historical events that are recorded. They are interesting and have shaped our country. We conveniently omit events that don’t have an effect on us.

Aidan

3/5/2019 01:19:30 pm

Yea that sounds right

Will

3/5/2019 01:23:47 pm

That is a good point, Dillon

Alexia

3/5/2019 01:18:03 pm

Presidents and other important leaders of countries are recorded because they had a large impact ether good or bad and changed the future of the country. They’re in charge and can choose what they see as best but, maybe lessons were learned from them so future leaders may study them to not follow in the footsteps leading to possible bad outcomes.

Avery

3/5/2019 01:18:12 pm

The historical events that get recorded are the one that impact the country positively or negatively. I think that the thing that caused that event makes it worth studying.

Ariana

3/5/2019 01:20:27 pm

Good comment, I agree

Chayla

3/5/2019 01:21:58 pm

That’s very true

Treygan

3/5/2019 01:18:45 pm

Usually events that are very big that change the outcome of history or events even to this day. They are studied for how it changed and how it was for the positive or even the negative.

Faith

3/5/2019 01:22:03 pm

I completely agree

Tierryn

3/5/2019 01:18:48 pm

Historical events that are recorded are usually ones where a lot of people die. They’re worth studying because we try to figure out why all these people died.We leave out events that make America or the politicians look bad because apparently America can do no wrong.

Chayla

3/5/2019 01:21:14 pm

I agree that we leave out some events.

Faith

3/5/2019 01:21:32 pm

I agree

Jaicei

3/5/2019 01:22:19 pm

Nice comment 10/10

Chayla

3/5/2019 01:19:12 pm

We record events that are monumental in one way or another. We remember events that we can learn from or that shaped us as a culture. It is important to remember what happened in the past.

Dillon

3/5/2019 01:20:13 pm

I agree. We remember what shapes our culture.

Miriam

3/5/2019 01:21:24 pm

I totally agree that our history is important.

Taija

3/5/2019 01:19:44 pm

We record big events that are useful. We learn them so we don’t repeat them again. Sometimes we do repeat them.

Emma Dahle

3/5/2019 01:20:33 pm

We record the events that have a huge impact on the world or the future. We study the events to make sure we don’t repeat it or to see what worked that we could try and keep doing. We don’t talk about the wars we lost because it will make people think differently about our country and we want to be known as powerful.

Eli

3/5/2019 01:26:06 pm

I like how you mentioned the wars we lost.

Miriam

3/5/2019 01:20:37 pm

People usually record historical events that impacted our world in some kind of way. The events are worth studying because they are super important so we know our history of our country and don’t make the same mistake twice.

Taylee Matthews

3/5/2019 01:22:14 pm

Yes dude well said

Emma Dahle

3/5/2019 01:22:22 pm

History is taught so we don’t make the same mistake twice.

Brooke

3/5/2019 01:26:46 pm

I like the way you put it.

Faith

3/5/2019 01:20:46 pm

People record things that they think are important. Also that will help in the future. We study things that we our interested in and that make us look good.

Miriam

3/5/2019 01:22:21 pm

Our past can help us with our future if went let it.

Taylee Matthews

3/5/2019 01:22:44 pm

Yes I agree with that

Tierryn

3/5/2019 01:24:29 pm

I agree.

Taylee Matthews

3/5/2019 01:21:45 pm

They usually record the important events. So everybody can look back and see the great stuff that happened. But also the sad stuff so everybody knows and won’t let it happen again.

Eli

3/5/2019 01:25:29 pm

I like what you said.

Brooke

3/5/2019 01:27:18 pm

Very true with the sadness.

Jaicei

3/5/2019 01:22:02 pm

People record tons of historical events. They’re worth studying so we don’t make the same mistakes again. We try to omit the bad ones.

Tierryn

3/5/2019 01:24:13 pm

Tragic.

Will

3/5/2019 01:22:27 pm

People record major historical events that have a big impact on the world, whether it is positive or negative. They are worth studying because they changed the way our society’s think or operate. We omit the negative events that occur in the past because it is easier live through.

Eli

3/5/2019 01:23:27 pm

People record things that have big stats or affected a large number of people. People also study things like wat because it affected so many people. With things like war we forget things like how the family of the people on both sides feel.

Mackay

3/5/2019 01:25:07 pm

Historical events that people record are those that change our society and future. We study these events because, it is important to know why our society is the way it is now. We tend to omit the bad events that may have happened.

Brooke

3/5/2019 01:25:36 pm

We look at important historical events to know what things are country had done or what it had to do to survive. We often leave out the really bad things so they can make the past look better than it was.

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