Friday, October 2, 2015

US History First quarter reflections

In this first quarter of history I’ve learned a lot of important tools and about the American Civil War. I think learning how to paraphrase and use quotation appropriately will help me in this class and many other classes. Going “deeper” into the Civil War opened my eyes the true but horrifying facts that acutely happened. When I was younger, the teachers only showed us half the pictures of what slavery was like, but learning the hard but true facts really opened my eyes. The movies we watch in class about slavery and the Civil War are great movies and shows the truth about slavery. Also reading about the far west was really interesting. Learning about how cowboys were acutely not the heroes and wild guys how the movies and books portrayed them to be.

I do find history extremely interesting to learn about. History also taught me this first quarter how empathy and sympathy are actually very helpful critically thinking parts and how they really do apply to history. By understanding empathy and sympathy on some level it helps you understand history better and understanding of what people, in whatever time period the people are in, are going through. I hope to learn next in history is more about Americas involvement in the World Wars. The World Wars really interest me and I think it will be cool to learn more about America’s involvement more in depth.

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