Originally posted by ETeachAn iteresting idea (not however, one that I am able to debate at length!).
Would be interesting to look at other countries history books and compare to our own. How much of each is truth or fiction? For instance, How is the Revolutionary War treated in England? I'm a big history nut and just curious.....
History is written by the winners (or in exceptional cases, the survivors). In our modern world though (300 years or so), it is a bit different, since the "losers" are not entirely assimilated or killed.
With this in mind, modern history would indeed have interesting differences between the two sides (here in SA, you would have the South African Boer war depicted differently to the UK history books, for eg). Additionally, SA history is being rewritten anyway, with the African perspective being favoured over the colonial.
Ah history, what a twisted web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
I do agree Alcra... truth is usually in the present tense only...
It always amazes me how little the human race has changed over the years. Have you ever seen a movie called Das Boot? German film. Great work. Enables you to see the "other" side of WW2. Strange that in the trenches both sides were pretty much the same.
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Originally posted by ETeachWell, look at the recent news. China is up in arms about the fact that a new Japanese textbook is leaving out very important details concerning WWII. I guess Japan is being a tad bit "selective" about what they have in their history lessons, and China is pretty p'd about it.
Would be interesting to look at other countries history books and compare to our own. How much of each is truth or fiction? For instance, How is the Revolutionary War treated in England? I'm a big history nut and just curious.....
Originally posted by Shanshu311Makes you think twice about history of 1000 - 3000 years ago.
Well, look at the recent news. China is up in arms about the fact that a new Japanese textbook is leaving out very important details concerning WWII. I guess Japan is being a tad bit "selective" about what they have in their history lessons, and China is pretty p'd about it.
What REALLY happened 2000 years ago?
What were the ancient Greeks REALLY like?
Originally posted by ETeachIn England we are not taught anything about the Revolutionary War. We do Medieval Times, Renassience (briefly), the Tudors (1500-1600 period), then the Stuarts (straight after Tudors), the English Civil war, then we miss out a nice 200 or so years, conviently missing out wars that England lost, then we do late 1800's (very briefly) then the 20th century (basically WW1 and WW2). The for GCSE (at my school) you usually do projects on either Russia or China.
Would be interesting to look at other countries history books and compare to our own. How much of each is truth or fiction? For instance, How is the Revolutionary War treated in England? I'm a big history nut and just curious.....
Originally posted by orkyboyThat's interesting. Nothing about the Boston Tea Party, and all of that wacky?
In England we are not taught anything about the Revolutionary War. We do Medieval Times, Renassience (briefly), the Tudors (1500-1600 period), then the Stuarts (straight after Tudors), the English Civil war, then we miss out a nice 200 or so years, conviently missing out wars that England lost, then we do late 1800's (very briefly) then the 20th century (ba ...[text shortened]... lly WW1 and WW2). The for GCSE (at my school) you usually do projects on either Russia or China.
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Originally posted by ETeachsimilarly, japan's version of history in their involvement in ww2 is radically different from the US version.
I do agree Alcra... truth is usually in the present tense only...
It always amazes me how little the human race has changed over the years. Have you ever seen a movie called Das Boot? German film. Great work. Enables you to see the "other" side of WW2. Strange that in the trenches both sides were pretty much the same.