History Teachers Essay

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Odtojan, Jonnamae L. REACTION PAPER: My reaction regarding to an article on a newspaper entitled "Teaching it correctly: History is not about dates" is that I really do agree with the writer that if a teacher requires the student to memorize the dates and places don't know how to teach at all. Honestly, I'm not fond of History because I really hate memorization. Way back to my 1st year high school Social Studies, I hate the history of Magellan because our teacher let us memorize all the dates and places Magellan had gone through before he reached Philippines. I also agreed on the writer about "A good history teacher must be a good story teller". History is all about the happenings before or it is what we called past. It's just like, you as a teacher is the story teller and you're students are your children. Take note that your audience is children; you must let them understand your story on their level. History teachers should have read this article for them to know that History is not about dates to memorize. It must be the happenings happened at that time for us to understand why our present is like this. Past really do connect to our present because our present cannot be like this without the past. History teachers must teach history well because just like what was said earlier that History is not just about dates; it's the moral learning’s we learn from our past. I observe that in every history subjects and books, dates and places are there. The true essence of history has been forgotten of most of the students because of the dates. I, myself when we talk about history the first thing on my mind is dates and places, not the happenings and learning’s. Honestly, history for me is the most boring subject. Way back before I entered college, my teacher doesn’t do much if it's her time. She let us read the book and that's it. It really made me look history

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