她教The American Revolution,開篇就談到了5個學習的tips,也許,這也有助於我們學習和思考其他的曆史事件。看這幾天weston發的曆史貼想到的。
She also offers five tips for studying the Revolution:
1) Avoid thinking about the Revolution as a story about facts and dates;
2) Remember that words we take for granted today, like "democracy," had very different meanings;
3) Think of the "Founders" as real people rather than mythic historic figures;
4) Remember that the "Founders" aren't the only people who count in the Revolution;
5) Remember the importance of historical contingency: that anything could have happened during the Revolution.