found this one to be very interesting. There is a significant amount of factual information about the early settlements of Jamestown and it’s colonialization. This book highlights all of the hidden things that nobody thinks about in history anymore and is an excellent history of Jamestown. It contains some very cool pictures and little known facts. This novel talks firsthand by the scholars who uncovered the real Jamestown. Kelso talks about what his team uncovered with the use of thousands of artifacts
It also teaches that Native Americans were very mistreated and thought of as savage, but in reality the whites were just as gruesome and brutal, if not more so than the Indians. In addition, one can learn that history can be twisted to represent what one individual wants everyone to believe, despite whether or not it is the truth. Several times in the book, white were unnecessarily aggressive towards the Indians, murdering the elderly, women, and children without
What makes a person important? People in history are defined by who they are. They not only were defined by who they were but also by what they did. Certain people played an important role throughout all of history. One person who played a very important role during his time was Jesus Christ. He not only made an impact because he was important but also because of who he was, what he did, the time period he lived in, and why he was important. Jesus Christ was a man who Christians claim to have been
Throughout art history, events that stain the fabric of history influence a plethora amount of masterpieces, whether they are tragic disasters, natural events, political movements, or any life-changing experiences. Art has the capability to prevent or provoke emotions, and make unexperienced scenes come to life. In our fortunate museum trip experience, we were able to appreciate an event we (the youth) would have never had the chance to physically undergo. In our situation, this was the Coney Island’s
History is often guilty of distorting facts and forgetting people. When I was in elementary school, I learned that Christopher Columbus was a hero who discovered the new world; but, as research has shown, Columbus was a slave trader, thief, and murderer (Tinker, Freeland). We have all heard of Paul Revere and his heroic “Midnight Ride” when he shouted, “The British are coming! The British are coming!” However, Revere actually stated, “The Regulars are coming out” (Fischer 109). My point here is to
The fabric of art history is modified by many beliefs, whether they are religious, scientifically skeptic, or open-mindedly. Art is influenced my many subject matters, subsequently an individual is able to see how themes alternate dramatically, all depending on the time period. Medieval art has established its place on the canvas with its primitive and sophisticated open interpretations. One of many immense repertory obsessions medieval artists had was portraying animals, whether they were real or
In school, children are taught that history is made up of concrete facts, trusting the textbooks to give them accurate interpretations of what happened in the past. Essentially, these “facts” of history are the culmination of interpretations regarding sources, and the educated assumptions by historians. This contradicts the traditional view of history, which considers history to be a record of dates, and biographies, and fundamentally, an endless chain of cause and effect. Traditional views of historical
History may tell us when certain events happened, and it might tell us certain angles to those events. What history does not tell us are the interesting and exiting stories that were kept silenced. This is a main theme in Andrea Levy’s reflecting essay “The writing of The long song”, publicised in 2010. In the essay we hear how Andrea Levy got her motivation and inspiration to her book “The long song”. She stumbles upon the idea, when she hears a young woman asking; how she could be proud of her
brought many consecutive events that have changed many cultures. The history of conflicts is a vital part to acknowledge in order to understanding the present. History is important to grasp; it is the study of evidence-based events that have occurred in the past for an extended period of time. As Christine Boyer an urban historian, describes in The City of Collective Memory “we too in contemporary times recognize the importance of history to our sense of place and well- being.” (Boyer, 1994) Boyer later
There is a famous quote by Karl Marx which states, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” The history of mankind started from lives in caves. The first human beings used handaxes to hunt animals for food. As time passed, human began to seek for a more stable life, marking the beginning of civilization, followed by industrialization which led to the development in the field of technology. Now, the human history is facing a new chapter of evolution, which is the Fourth Industrial