她教The American Revolution,开篇就谈到了5个学习的tips,也许,这也有助于我们学习和思考其他的历史事件。看这几天weston发的历史贴想到的。
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.