Is History Important?

[mushroom25]

history should be compulsory at GCSE, says Antony Beevor

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11116561/Antony-Beevor-history-should-be-compulsory-at-GCSE.html

is it relevant to today's students?

(btw how many of you didn't get 100% in the quiz?)

[Zacs-Master]

All hail 'the quiz' and it's compiler for they can do no wrong. Sheesh.

[stuey]

Retrochic, I must admit that I didn't. Obviously I got the Italian fiasco one wrong; however, I inadvertently clicked on Churchill for question 1:)

[stuey]

I clicked on "false" for #4, and therefore got it wrong.

[Zacs-Master]

You're Canadadadaien Stuey, it's allowed. Is winter coming on yet?

[-Talbot-]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Co-Belligerent_Army

[stuey]

Going up to 22C this afternoon!

[Retrochic]

I got the italian one 'wrong' and the pearl harbour one 'wrong' -I was so incensed I looked them up on google lol!

[ludwig]

// All hail 'the quiz' and it's compiler for they can do no wrong. Sheesh. //

Who's that directed at? I was simply answering stuey's question as to why so many people who thought Italy changed sides got a 100% score in the quiz.

[Zacs-Master]

Ludwig. Apologies. It's 35deg in the shade here and I'm on my 3rd Efes. Not an excuse I know, just a reason.

[-Talbot-]

1943 - Sicily invaded by Allies. King Victor Emmanuel III imprisons Mussolini. Armistice signed with Allies. Italy declares war on Germany.

[stuey]

Zac, 35? Where in hell are you?

[-Talbot-]

Sorry, jno I didn't notice that you gave the link to the Co-Belligerent Army.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17435616


Can the 'Italy didn't switch sides' brigade come back and debate a little more?

[Zacs-Master]

Stuey, Turkey. Bit nervous.

[stuey]

Talbot, I like your use of the word "brigade" in referring to a WWII topic:)

[Peter Pedant]

Stoo - if it Efes - then it is Turkey lurkey somewhere

coast probably, Marmoris, Lindos? there are some nice places to lurk there

Gule gule ! PP

[murraymints]

heard any bombing Zac ?

[Zacs-Master]

PP, Lindos is on Rhodes. Close tho.
Big country Minty (I hope).

[stuey]

I'd be trotting away from Turkey if I were you:)

[ichkeria]

Yes history is important.
More important than multiple choice quizzes, which are so easy to concoct and yet so misleading.
For example doubtless some people, not really having a clue, might have gone for "Vladimir Lenin" (sic) as the leader of the Soviet Union, whereas if you'd asked them "who was leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?" they'd probably have said "I don't know". So someone would do a survey of the answers and spuriously conclude that x% of people thought that he was, when all it means is that x% guessed wrong :-)

[jomifl]

How else would we avoid making the same mistakes over and over again?