tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346310154784158602.post3771028031381706216..comments2023-09-28T08:44:10.623+01:00Comments on The Sound of Gunfire: Will we myth history if it's left in the past?Bernard Salmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756716991445396009noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346310154784158602.post-75369691953364087182009-09-15T11:10:52.368+01:002009-09-15T11:10:52.368+01:00Agreed, but does anyone really hold to the traditi...Agreed, but does anyone really hold to the traditional views of Richard I and Richard III these days? That is, if anyone is aware of their existence enough to hold any view? How many English schoolkids could at least name them and have some idea of where they fit in historically?<br /><br />The best lessons that can be learnt here is how there are often several ways of looking at things, there isn't always an absolute answer, but people pick the views they like, and the powerful can do so in order to dominate the agenda. <br /><br />The ability to be able to see and discuss competing viewpoints really is valuable, so if history could be taught that way rather than just as "facts", it would be great. Plus the ability to spot hidden agendas - great, too.<br /><br />As you say, the enclosures really are a crucial part if English history, we all should be aware of what happened there. Why are the Scottish clearances so well known and the English equivalent not? The English Reformation is fascinating, but is it possible to teach it in a way that reveals also the politics behind it? Clever kids could be got to read Cobbett's "History of the Protestant Reformation", an amazing piece of polemic, but in a critical fashion seeing how it reflected also what the politics of Cobbett's time.Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.com