How Does History Changed Our Future - 1670 Words

If you ask a random student in an average American school to tell you their least favorite subject in school, you are probably going to get a lot of â€Å"history†. I say that this is because students just are not interested in History today, they have the mindset â€Å"they’re all dead anyway†. I say that this is problem can easily be solved by just, simply, having history teachers update their techniques of teaching this fascinating subject in favor of more interactive ones, like plays acting out famous battles such as the Battle of Gettysburg. In seeing history come alive, students will more likely see the impact that history has on our future. Teaching itself goes back all the way to between 3000 and 500 B.C.E. in Ancient Egypt. At that†¦show more content†¦This library documented achievements in math, reading, and writing. Even later, during the Zhou Dynasty (551- 479 B.C.E.) the curriculum was impacted by Confucius. He shaped educational values, as well as in the overall focus of formal education. His focus on personal values help teachers determine exactly what to teach and how History of Teaching†¦ Cont:. teaching was achieved in a formal educational setting. However, all of this shifted with the Greeks. The first teacher in history was Confucius (561 B.C.). He was born into an honorable family, that had fallen on bad times, and because of this, he had no chance of being educated himself, sadly. However, he got a job and this eventually got a job which gained a reputation for his determination and thirst for knowledge. When he became a teacher, he took any student who were eager to learn. He taught regular subjects along with his personal wisdom for developing responsibility and moral character through discipline and regular subjects. This could have lead to the creation of his teaching as a philosophy, which is called Confucianism. In colonial America, the majority of teachers were men. In the 1830s, Common School started. This is considered the precursor for today’s public school. This method was proposed by education reformer Horace Mann. Instead of being funded by the church, schools using this method were funded by taxes. They instilled a common and social philosophy of