#3

Under the HTDF Materials link, you will find the four initial sources you need for this assignment: a video, a graphic, and two readings. Throughout human history, catastrophic wars have erupted, and history is never the same after the occurrence. Enemies are demonized, morality is pondered, and historical truths are difficult to determine as the past is written, re-written, forgotten, and sometimes deliberately obscured. With these four items as a starting point, discuss how history is used or abused by all participants in the conflict and the ramifications of these actions. Other items will be added next week to shape and/or reshape the discussion.





#4


Rights, rights, rights. Every human being today believes they are entitled to an ever growing list of "rights". Historically, the Declaration of Independence of 1776 states that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." The Constitution contains the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1788. After the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the idea of "separate but equal" was challenged and defeated by using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868. African Americans received the "right" to an equal education. Equality has also become a modern day rallying cry, along with human rights. Read and listen to these initial documents on rights and discuss. More documents will follow to enhance the debate.