Historical Value

[greyhavener]

Something I've noticed about some currently taught history curriculums is the lack of emphasis on the heroes and villians of history. Broad, general events and the political, sociological, economic, and geographical forces which drove those events make up the bulk of the history curriculum. Perhaps this is a result of current political correctness, historical revisionists, or pressure from educational administration and test developers to cover so much material in so little time, but the lives of individuals are downplayed. I think it is those lives, those personalities that truly capture the attention of students and lead them to love history and learn from it.