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THE BLIND MEN & THE ELEPHANT

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Students should not be left with the impression that there is one true story of the past, nor should they think that historians make things up

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"What is a classroom?"

Students will be asked to take a picture to show their interpretation of a classroom

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Students can explore accounts based on set criteria such as evidence provided, argument of author and the set parameters

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"Diversity" vs "Accounts"

Diversity: Experience & perspective of main players

Accounts: various historian’s interpretations of the event

Accounts of past events are written to answer specific inquiries and reflect the focus and point of views of their authors.

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1) Accounts are just (given) stories
- Competing stories are different ways to say the same thing
- contrary accounts of the same topic/period may be accepted because they address & answer different (but equally worthwhile) questions about the topic/period.

2) Accounts fail to be copies of a past we cannot witness
- Accounts cannot be accurate as we were not there to 'know' it for sure
- Different accounts --> different opinion on the event

3) Accounts are accurate copies of the past, except for mistakes or gaps
- Accounts with missing information and mistakes are opinionated accounts

4) Accounts may be distorted for ulterior motives
- Role of author --> active contributor --> distorter of the past?
- Accounts are necessarily selective constructed for particular themes and timescales

5) Accounts organised from a personal viewpoint
- Arrangement of significant parts of the account --> based on individual interest or experience
- Still facts but organised or emphasized based on author's preference.

6) Accounts must answer questions ad fit criteria
- Accounts are necessarily selective and are necessarily constructed for particular theme and timescales.
- Past is reconstructed to answer a specific question
- Accounts are (re-)constructions (of the past) in answer to specific questions;

--> (re-)constructions can be evaluated according to

->a set of standards or

-> criteria – like evidence, argument and

-> story parameters.