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| | Students find the following aspects of American history challenging: | | Students find the following aspects of American history challenging: |
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| | + | * identifying trends, which becomes useful in making predictions about the future |
| | + | * keeping facts in perspective and understanding how they relate to each other |
| | + | * understanding the importance of culture, ideas, and economic issues in shaping history |
| | * interpreting political cartoons | | * interpreting political cartoons |
| − | * keeping facts in perspective and understanding how they relate to each other
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| − | * keeping the different periods of American history separate, yet connected; seeing the trends
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| − | * understanding the importance of economic issues in shaping history
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| | * improving speed in reading and retaining historical information, such as answering history questions quickly | | * improving speed in reading and retaining historical information, such as answering history questions quickly |
| | * dealing with [[liberal]] bias in textbooks and the selection and presentation of questions on College Board exams: | | * dealing with [[liberal]] bias in textbooks and the selection and presentation of questions on College Board exams: |
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| | * getting bogged down in detail and failing to see the big picture | | * getting bogged down in detail and failing to see the big picture |
| | * misunderstanding questions | | * misunderstanding questions |
| − | * forgetting that people in the past were similar in nature to people today; they were motivated by religion, money, power, etc., and laziness has always been a problem | + | * failure to apply common sense to recognize that people in the past were similar in nature to people today, with similar problems |
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| | == The Key to Mastering History == | | == The Key to Mastering History == |