Q1 Reflections
This
quarter I learned briefly about the US pre-Civil War, the views of slavery and
racism in both the North and the South during and leading to the Civil War, the
Reconstruction, Black Codes, Jim Crow, modern impact in the South of the loss
of the Civil War, and Western expansion after the Civil War. I have learned to
view the topics we study with empathy, that is, trying to understand a decision
of event by thinking about it through the mind of someone present at that time
in history. This has been the most significant part of the curriculum this
year. I have found that viewing history not as a list of facts and dates, but
as the lives of real people who had to make decisions that shaped the world
gives a more important reason and value to history class. It makes history more
relevant and personal.
Moving
forward I need to work on being a better reader and making sure to fully
understand the material rather than just reading it once and then hoping I get
it. I also need to be more focused in class in order to get more out of the
time I have in class and therefore have less to do outside of class. I look
forward to studying WWII and seeing how the US specifically influenced the
conflict. The Cold War will also be interesting because it is a part of history
I know very little about.
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