Session 10

During Professor Dube's lecture he stated: "We tend to talk about the past to explain the present." This is an important aspect to teach our students because it is one of the main reasons we teach history. It is critical to learn from our past in order to not make the same mistakes and even learn from other cultures to not repeat that same mistake. I am currently watching "Chernobyl" and I think it is one of the most interesting historical shows because the scientists try everything in their power to discover what specific mistake was made in order to prevent such an atrocious event from happening ever again. Another interesting fact I learned was that the Mongols created a social heirachy with them on top, muslims underneath them, Northern Chinese under them and Southern Chinese at the bottom. This had an interesting dynamic because the Muslims were second on the heiarchy and the Chinese were at the bottom because they had resisted the Mongols for so long.