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Tuesday
Dec062011

Bias and the Study of History

We had a good discussion today about why people sometimes interpret and recall events differently.  In addition, we talked about how these different interpretations can affect the study of History.  The image above is trying to show how someone’s point of view (how they feel about an issue, topic, etc.) is impacted by a variety of personal biases.

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