There is a very old and well-known phrase that says history never repeats. There are a lot of reasons why history never seems to repeat itself and some of those reasons are aesthetic. Events happen at certain points in time and even if you try and recreate those events with the same people a short [...]
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Learning Our Lessons
August 31st, 2009 
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August 19th, 2009 Admin The Greek Philosophers The names of the three most important Greek philosophers, in order of their dates of birth and also their influence, are: Socrates (469-399 BC) Plato (c. 429-c. 347 BC) Aristotle (384-322 BC) Socrates taught Plato, and Plato taught Aristotle. Together they created the foundations of Western philosophy. Use your visual memory and [...]
Teaching History – Alternatives to Traditional Methods
July 1st, 2009 Admin I learned history in a traditional school program. We studied California history in the fourth grade and US history in the fifth grade and, in general, history was organized and presented by geography in expanding circles. When I was taking courses in the history of Western Civilizations in college I found that I knew a [...]