Comments on: The Backwards Survey http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Cosgrave http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-845 Mike Cosgrave Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:55:45 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-845 Geoffery Barraclough's "Introduction to Contemporary History" is a must read in this context - His definition of "contemporary" in histroy is roughly "how far back do you need to go to find the historical roots of the the world today" Geoffery Barraclough’s “Introduction to Contemporary History” is a must read in this context – His definition of “contemporary” in histroy is roughly “how far back do you need to go to find the historical roots of the the world today”

]]> By: andrew http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-844 andrew Fri, 16 May 2008 17:54:45 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-844 An interesting example of this in book form is Philip Longworth <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=XbLyP1ChdSwC&dq=longworth+eastern+europe&psp=1&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0" rel="nofollow"><em>The Making of Eastern Europe</em></a>, an introduction to the region that starts at the time of writing (1990s) and ends a couple thousand years earlier. I found it a very helpful approach when most of what I knew about Eastern Europe was 20th century history. An interesting example of this in book form is Philip Longworth The Making of Eastern Europe, an introduction to the region that starts at the time of writing (1990s) and ends a couple thousand years earlier. I found it a very helpful approach when most of what I knew about Eastern Europe was 20th century history.

]]> By: Jeremiah Genest http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-843 Jeremiah Genest Fri, 16 May 2008 13:46:22 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-843 This sounds like it would work really well with homeschoolers. I should try it. This sounds like it would work really well with homeschoolers. I should try it.

]]> By: Mark http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-842 Mark Fri, 16 May 2008 13:36:40 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-842 I love this concept (and Burke's connections have always been one of my favourites too.) Perhaps this could be introduced very early in education, so that people start to understand that what happened in history has a real connection to the way things are now. I love this concept (and Burke’s connections have always been one of my favourites too.)

Perhaps this could be introduced very early in education, so that people start to understand that what happened in history has a real connection to the way things are now.

]]> By: Tom http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-841 Tom Thu, 15 May 2008 19:54:54 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/05/the-backwards-survey/#comment-841 I've always been a fan of James Burke's "Juxtapose" presentation where he's like "Here's this very modern thing, the whole reason it's here is because of those 12th Century monks over here. Allow me to connect the dots here... [thirty minutes later] ...and that's why you can send a text message to anyone around the world. Thanks monks!" Totally the way to link science and history together, totally fun guy. Tom I’ve always been a fan of James Burke’s “Juxtapose” presentation where he’s like “Here’s this very modern thing, the whole reason it’s here is because of those 12th Century monks over here. Allow me to connect the dots here…

[thirty minutes later]

…and that’s why you can send a text message to anyone around the world. Thanks monks!”

Totally the way to link science and history together, totally fun guy.
Tom

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