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They say we learn from our mistakes, and that if we don’t history repeats itself.

This could be true, but the unborn are not responsible for past history or our mistakes.

So should we be teaching them about the horrors of our species- wars – brutality and the like.

I suppose there is an argument to both sides.

They should be made aware of our past both in its glory and its barbarity.

For example:

Germans should never be allowed to sweep under the carpet its Nazism.

The Japanese should never be allowed to forget their treatment of prisoners.

The British should never be allowed to deny their imperialism and slavery.

The USA should never be allowed to defend their support of ethnic cleansing and support of Israel Genocides.

Not forgetting Dictators such as, Stalin – Pol Pot – Franco – Tojo – Mao all mass killers.

If you want to cure a patient, you must first diagnose the disease.

If you can’t explain it to a 10-year old, you don’t understand it yourself” – Einstein.

Life rarely follows the images it creates.

The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

The list is endless, but how far back should we go.

Crucially, we don’t just cover our own history.

In Europe from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.

The US, we only have to go back 250 years,

The six “historical thinking concepts” are: 

Historical significance, primary source evidence, continuity and change, cause and consequence, historical perspectives and ethical dimensions. Together, these concepts form the basis of historical inquiry.

Peter Sexias defines the ethical dimension of historical interpretation as: “how we, in the present, judge actors in different circumstances in the past; how various interpretations of the past reflect different moral stances today; and when and how crimes of the past bear consequences today” 

The ethical implications of various human actions and behaviours.

The 100 Most Significant Figures in History

• Jesus.
• Napoleon.
• Muhammad.
• William Shakespeare.
• Abraham Lincoln.
• George Washington.
• Adolf Hitler.
• Aristotle.

Too many people these days are living fragmented lives, more like an existence rather than living with purpose, meaning, and satisfaction.

Stop watching the news, get off social media and get outside.

When you need to vote, listen to the policies and make a decision without having algorithm driven, fear, fogging your brain.

All human comments appreciate. All like clicks and abuse chucked in the bin.

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