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Keith C. Barton: Explaining The Present

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The last important point that I believe Keith C. Barton makes is how he explains about history being used to explain the present. Barton states, “Many people believe that the way things are today is this the way they’ve always been” (58). What he is saying here is that many people believe that history has played out the way that it was supposed too and that people and their chooses did not have an impact on the way that they played out. He goes on to say that “Understanding how the past led to the present is useful as a basis for contemporary decision making only when it acknowledges the free will both of people in the past and of ourselves” (59). The reason that this is important is that it teaches our students to be critical thinkers and
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