![]() If I had to pinpoint one of the most important lessons I have learned at Messiah College it would be realizing that the past and history are not the same thing. First thing, he makes a clear break between studying history and studying the past. Fea opens up asking a lot of questions about what historians do. Ok let’s dive into some more specifics of the chapter. Fea’s first chapter differs, is that it goes in great depth about the 5 C’s in very simple terms - we’ll talk about the 5 C’s later. This summer I got hooked on reading about how historians think, and all the things they do in the study of the past. ![]() Reading through the first chapter, I was immediately reminded of some of the chapters from Sam Wineburg’s Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past (Critical Perspectives On The Past). Fea sitting at the head of my historical methods class and I can hear his voice crescendo as he explains his love for the discipline of history. ![]() My initial thoughts? First, check out this sweet cover! I remember when a few of my buddies in my historical methods’ class one of them said something like “Well now I have to get it.” I’ll admit, the cover is pretty cool (lame joke is now over), but what I was really excited for was the content inside.Īs I read the first chapter, I could almost imagine Dr. ![]() John Fea’s new book, Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past. Welcome to the first article in the review series I am doing on Dr. ![]()
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