Something that’s been nagging at me all day: A discussion with a parent about their teen’s belief that history classes are a waste of time—not because the kid isn’t interested in history, but because they believe that they can learn all they need to know about the Roman Empire from YouTube videos far more efficiently than by taking classes.
There’s so much misunderstanding of what history is about baked in there that I don’t even know where to start.
@tkinias I know, right? Exactly what I meant in last post about popular tendency to reduce history to a set of facts rather than an interpretive method and framework (not that there aren't good videos about Antiquity, from Mary Beard to Tom Holland and others).
And on that note, I've made a point of using @AHAHistorians documents in teaching my intro history & methods course: e.g.