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Many students find history to be boring

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and regard it as a jumble
of disconnected facts.

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The word they use to describe
history is irrelevant.

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High school history too often consists
of little more than lectures, text books,

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worksheets, and memorization of names,
locations, dates, and facts.

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But in fact, history need
not be dry or dull.

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In this class, you will be
a detective, a mythbuster,

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a problem solver,
and a forensic scientist.

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You will debunk or confirm
legends and folklore.

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You will investigate some of
history's most gripping mysteries

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and take part in some of
history's biggest debates.

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You will uncover the hidden history
behind front page headlines

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as well as the roots of a host
of everyday rituals and customs.

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You will examine Hollywood's version of
the past and separate fact from fiction.

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You will refight battles,
relive key episodes in the past,

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and ask what might have been.

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You will also explore
the uneasy relationship

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between academic history
and popular memory.

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Those legends and traditions
that exert a much more powerful

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grip on our imagination than
do any history book or lecture.

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♪♪