In class today, we spent time discussing point of view, fact and bias, and knowing or rejecting history that we learn. We could probably continue the discussion for several more class meetings. But we won't.

This "first forum post" is an easy one... it's short and there are no right or wrong answers. It's main purpose is to make a forum post in Moodle (some of you for the first time). I want you to post a few sentences by the deadline . Your comments will be visible in an open, public forum, readable by all students.

This will get you ready (and over any technical computer/internet/Moodle hurdles) in time for your future forum posts, which will require much more time and effort, will last multiple weeks, and be based on a specific historical topic.

You will click on my post below, read my question, and reply to it (by clicking the reply link).






Three HST201 students are speaking:

Alice: My HST201 professor is kind of strange. Instead of learning about U.S. History, he talks about point of view, bias, denotation and connotation, and our textbook author's purpose. He also seems to have a fixation on Wikipedia and whether the movie Apocalypto is good or bad, truth or fiction.

John: I know what you mean. Apparently, to know anything about what we read, hear, or see, we need to know a person's background, where they got their degree, what their degree is in, where they live, what religion they are, what organizations they belong to, whether they are male or female, and even their sexual orientation and what they look like. How can we ever know or get to the historical truth?

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