To learn history well, imagine being there at certain times and places. Think of what it must have been like. Imagine it in your mind. Put yourself at the time and place of the [[Boston Massacre]], for example. Try to see both sides of the conflict, and why people acted as they did. Why did the British soldiers shoot their guns? Because people were throwing snowballs at them, some containing rocks. Why were colonists throwing snowballs? Because they did not think the British soldiers should be there. Why were the British soldiers there? Because the King [[George III]] ordered them to be there to keep things under control. And so on. Every person in history had a motivation for doing what he did, and to learn history well it is essential to understand those motivations. | To learn history well, imagine being there at certain times and places. Think of what it must have been like. Imagine it in your mind. Put yourself at the time and place of the [[Boston Massacre]], for example. Try to see both sides of the conflict, and why people acted as they did. Why did the British soldiers shoot their guns? Because people were throwing snowballs at them, some containing rocks. Why were colonists throwing snowballs? Because they did not think the British soldiers should be there. Why were the British soldiers there? Because the King [[George III]] ordered them to be there to keep things under control. And so on. Every person in history had a motivation for doing what he did, and to learn history well it is essential to understand those motivations. |