Objectives for this Assignment
Two main objectives:
Further your awareness of cultural knowledge by developing an awareness of malice as an expression of unease
Develop or further support your understanding of the importance of history
More on these Objectives
You have gone through the three readings for this module and answered questions to remind you of some key take aways. You may have noticed things that connect to the core plan on the function of history as yet more examples to support it, or as relevant comments by authors and interviewees. If so, that’s great! It means the idea is internalizing and developing breadth and depth!
In this discussion, I’m going to ask you to take these observations of yours (or go ahead and notice some now) and use them to demonstrate the importance of history. Importance is different from the function, so, to help you be mindful as you write, I’ve added a developmental question on why the teaching of history might be marginalized or even suppressed: who (or what) is put most at risk by a population with a good grasp of history?
The Assessment
Using the keywords or phrases below, and referring to the quiz on those readings if needed, suggest how these readings demonstrate the importance of history. Then develop your point by speculating which individuals or groups benefit from this, and pointing to the knock-on effects to us as ordinary people living and working in today’s world.
When you see other posts arriving, respond to two of them.
How to make sure this discussion grades you fairly
Just a reminder for convenience!
The grading system looks for you to answer with courtesy and reasonable coverage. It does this by counting the keywords that introduce the parts of a courteous and competent discussion. If you use these components, you will be answering courteously and competently, no matter what your opinion is. So, here are the keywords (if there are other words you feel would work, by all means let me know, and I’ll consider adding them to the system):
The Greeting (with or without extras like exclamation points, names and so on)
Greetings! Greetings, Greetings
Hi! Hi, Hi
Hello! Hello, Hello
Identify your Post (important if there are many participants separating comments and responses)
I am posting about
I am responding to
In response to
Identify your starting point (quote or paste a relevant and easily identifiable section from the post you are responding to. If you are making a new post, signal that instead, with the no quote keywords)
No quote
I quote: [type or paste it in]
For example [type or paste it in]
Because
And these are some topical words for this discussion
master race
ideology
beauty
science
evolution
Make at least one Point (begin with what works, e.g. “I agree that,” or “I would point out that,” or “I want to refute that,” or “In order to clarify that, ” or “Let me suggest that,” etc. Note that the system is looking for the word-sequences in red below, and these include the word “that”.
I … agree that
I … support that
I … add that
I … point out that
I … say that
I … object that (politely!)
I … deny that (politely!)
I … refute that
I … question that
I … clarify that
I … suggest that
I … argue that (politely!)
I … put it to you that
I … posit that
My/the … point is that
Round it off nicely with a conclusion (note that these words and word-sequences include a comma! Be sure to use it when posting!)
In conclusion,
So,
Therefore,
Thus,
Finally,
