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CrudelyAnimated t1_isgq2vl wrote

The rear view mirror of history tends to point out only the highlights. Regime changes, landmarks, major wars, that sort of thing. You can only test students on so many things, and there are huge gaps in expected common knowledge. When history teachers look back on the last 100 years from now, what do you think the highlights on school tests will be?

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en43rs t1_isgz4fe wrote

The era of Global superpowers and Globalization. Yes the world wars will still have a place in mainstream, like Napoleon. But from the a historical standpoint I think we will focus way more on the post 1945 world.

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TheGreatOneSea t1_ishiyk7 wrote

That's going to depend massively on the future political landscape: 100 years ago, France would have told you that German history would be much more important to study for the future of Europe than US history, because they would have no way of knowing how greatly circumstances would change during the Cold War.

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