The future of the past is why history education matters

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 Friday, February 11, 2022 - 09:48

by CARMEN GOMEZ

It was George Orwell in his famous science fiction novel 1949 who said; “He who controls the past controls the future.”
History is important in our lives; any ignorance of the past is one of indifference of one`s roots.

As children, we were taught in schools that history helps us understand where we come from, and who we are; particularly our own history which I trust has become synonymous with that of the united kingdom`s curriculum in schools.
It`s the same with our family`s history; as we leaf through the family albums of photos to understand a great many things about ourselves; although maybe nowadays there is no album to look at.
Nowadays I feel, there is a preference for `where we are going,` not, `where we come from`.

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