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The only thing I could hear was my own breath. It was so loud that it sounded like there were six scared people locked up in the shed. I closed my eyes and thought real hard about making my breathing slow down.
It didn't take too long for my eyes to get used to the dark. There was a gray gas can in one corner next to a bunch of gray rakes and a pile of gray rags, and a gray tire next to some gray fishing poles. Maybe Mr. Amos had only pretended to lock the door.
Excerpt from http://gyanpedia.in/tft/Resources/books/budnotbuddy.pdf
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You are historians!
• Critical thinkers who engage in historical inquiry for the purpose of uncovering what might have happened in the past.
http://austhink.com/critical/pages/teaching.html
• Read, analyze, assess, evaluate, and synthesize the information gathered to arrive at your own interpretations.
Researchers beware:“FACT” does NOT always mean “TRUTH”!
You are historians!
• Acquire knowledge, not information
You are historians!
• To understand the notion of multiple perspectives
You are historians!
http://www.thespec.com/print/article/309460
• Accept that for every “answer” you find, at least ten new questions will arise.
You are historians!
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http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu
A group of Jewish refugee children traveling on the SS St. Louis in May 1939 are gathered for a group picture.
While most of the refugees aboard the SS St. Louis eventually found asylum and survived the war, many of them were killed by the Nazis.
Herbert Karliner and Walter Karliner were the only members of their family who survived.
R. A. F. T.How important is it to consider different historical perspectives?
How important is it to understand the experiences of the people affected by historical events?
What makes an event “historically significant”?
How can individual narratives be “historical”?
