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Society => Oh the Humanities! => Topic started by: mmmmmmmQuestions on October 08, 2014, 03:46:09 am
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decade, for instance?
Don't mind me, I've been out of school for quite some time now and couldn't tell you much about the current historical textbooks are set up. From what I recall in my time in school was of course, the farther back in time we go, the more vast and broad the time ranges were covered. Like we don't talk about dinosaurs in terms of decades, or perhaps how each century seemed to have its own chapter or section of study, and that's how it was. Then getting into the 20th century as more relative knowledge begin to come to fruition, the texts seem to slow down and focus more on the individual decades or even years specifically. This led up to the 1980s and 90s which there didn't seem to be much information on.
So what I'm wondering is if within the next 30,40, 50 years or so, with the abundance of new information and technological advancement and resources at our hands, will historical 'texts' begin to dedicate more pages or content as it relates to the 21st century and beyond? Or, will it continue in the pattern I remember which amounts to more or less picking the top few most important events within any decade and focus on those things? One could say to the class of 2120 that the 2000s could be defined by 9/11 and the technological boom. At the same time, there's a myriad of other pertinent and crucial information that could be discussed in any format, including a historical education format.
Is there reason to give more attention to detail when more information is available, or is it more important to focus on the few significant moments within a particular period of time?
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Well, we do use terms like "Cold War Era," and "early 1900's." So I figure a trend like "late 1900's" and "early 2000's" wouldn't be too extraordinary. Usually the terms come when referring to a prevalent, general thing of that time, so grouping together decades is definitely going to happen to the years we're living now.
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Considering technology is going to play a more pivotal role in the classroom and education system, I'd have to agree that there will be a greater abundance of information for the past few decades and into the future. What I find interesting, is that in the past it has been easy for the "victors" to write history how they see fit, and wonder if the freedom and open access to the web will truly make a difference in defining the "Truth" to future generations, or will the ocean of miscellaneous bullshit with a few gems of honesty lurking here and there be the undoing of factual history all together.
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no shit you fucking idiot
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In the future textbooks will just just be wikipedia search terms
you think I'm being self referentially highlarious but I'm not