history should be optional in schools

What Pro has to realize is that History as a core curriculum has to be an inherent problem that could be eliminated by making history optional. It could be that his school just needs a new teacher or to change the subjects in the class. However I do not believe that the subjects in the class are relevant to what history is really teaching him to do. Pro is stuck in a single perspective. If he wants me to give my point of view on Britain, yes I do see Anglo-America still as superior in the world, but I also see a nation which gave aid to the rise of the middle class, through the industrial revolution. Britain is a country who honored those who may have been forgotten with the Memorial of Heroic Self Sacrifice Public Monument in Postmans Park. in London. History provides basic factual information about the background of our political institutions and about the values and problems that affect our social well-being. It also contributes to our capacity to use evidence, assess interpretations, and analyze change and continuities. As stated in the article. https://www.historians.org...-(1998) History provides: 1. The ability to access evidence: Public statements, private records, numerical data, and visual materials can be analyzed to determine the existence whether an event really truly happened in the past, or it may determined how it happened. A student of history will learn the technical skills to be able to distinguish between the objective and the self-serving. This can be useful when deciding on the impact and accuracy of the statements made by present-day political leaders. 2. The Ability to Assess Conflicting Interpretations: "Understanding how societies work is the central goal of historical study it is inherently imprecise, and the same certainly holds true for understanding what is going on in our time now. The study of history in no sense undermines loyalty or commitment, but it does teach the need for assessing arguments, and it provides opportunities to engage in debate and achieve perspective. 3. Experience in Assessing Past Examples of Change: " The ability to identify the continuities that always accompany even the most dramatic changes also comes from studying history, as does the skill to determine probable causes of change. Learning history helps one figure out, for example, if one main factor"such as a technological innovation or some deliberate new policy"accounts for a change or whether, as is more commonly the case, a number of factors combine to generate the actual change that occurs. Studying history helps us understand how recent, current, and prospective changes that affect the lives of citizens are emerging or may emerge and what causes are involved." I am not condemning your thinking Lord_Megatron if history was optional I would hope that you would still take it. Historians just take the same facts and retell the story from their own perspective. Since you have demonstrated individual thought your interpretation of the facts are also important. I do believe you are a soldier and your opinion is valuable. I want you to remember this famous quote, "All hands on deck to save the sinking ship." If all students get involved in history despite the subject everyone would benefit. And active participation is the best way to get students to learn, history should not be to impress other people of knowledge of mindless facts and numbers. If you wish to continue this debate use the comments section of this debate. And I will give you my thoughts on immigration, globalization, the impact of the world banks controlled by developed nations to oppress developing countries to maintain superiority, or the impact of history that pushes North Korea to retaliate against the United States. None of this is to dispel your opinion.