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1-3 Short Response: What is History For?

1-3 Short Response

Q Instructions The video "What is History For?" argues that history matters because it provides solutions to the problems of the present. Recall the statement "Those who don't know history won't be able to improve the present." Consider a recent event, either in your personal life or in the news. In a few sentences, describe a way that a past historical event could inform your understanding of the recent event. Briefly describe a strategy for how you could be conscious of presentism (the use of modern values to interpret past events) in the study of those past events. To complete this assignment, review the What Is History For Short Response Guidelines and Rubric PDF document.

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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – George Santayana. This is just one version of a similar quote that has been uttered by many of the world’s greatest minds. It is a narrative that many believe to be common knowledge. I don’t generally have heavy political undertones but the most relevant event happening in the country right now is the United States pulling out of Afghanistan.