Is the idea that history is told by the winners true? Who writes history? Who gets to tell the story about what happened? Does that story change over time?
If you want to be critical student, and informed citizens you have to start picking up books and reading about the past. There are millions of good books about American History. Please go to the library and pick some out.
You can start to browse the library on line and the library will send any book you want to your local branch. You can also use the NYPL website to find your local library...it's time!!!! You don't have to read a million books at once just find two or three good ones to start.
Check out these websites: <http://www.nypl.org>
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(1) Not necessarly because it is from there own point of view and what they may have heard from someone else.
(2)The people who remain on earth writes history.
(3)yes in fact it does because when someone writes something they add more to it or rewrite it differently in there own version.
Ms. LQBee,
You're (We're) talking about perspective. Time changes how people see things. Ledgends grow larger, and things were always harder. Heroic deeds are taken credit by others...
Think about all the things that happened as a result of 9/11/01. President Bush managed to turn a terrorist attack by people who had nothing to do with Iraqi into to a war blaming Iraqi for the 9/11 attacks.
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no it happens over n over again
MR. NEFF I DONT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
marisol how you do not understand the question
no people write history the people whop discover history n yes the story changes
This question is what's know as a "Meta" question. Meta-history are questions about history itself.
Who writes history is an important question because only the winners or those in control have the resources or willingness to write history so they can continue to control the present and the future.
Think about the story of Native Americans in this country. Do you think you have ever heard anything close to their story? No, why?
Think about it...
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