Best of Afterthoughts, Educational Philosophy, Home Education
How Geography is History’s Secret Weapon
There is no such thing as world history.There are many separate histories of nations and peoples,and they overlap in different ways, places, and times. — Jacques Barzun, Begin Here As a child I grew up believing geography to be painfully boring and also pointless. To me, maps told a person how to get from Point A to Point B. That was it. Maps didn’t share important information about a place (not that I really cared about places). I remember one Continue Reading…
February 18, 2015