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"This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds."
"If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation." History, which comes from the Greek word “inquiry”, began as a subject with the Ancient Greeks. Herodotus and Thucydides, whose different approaches would mirror the controversies of modern historiography, chronicled the past for the benefit of those in the present so that they might determine their future. Whereas other schools have been making history class the forum for a present-day revisional, political agenda, Princeton Science Academy approaches high school history differently. Instead of thematic classes that provide little, if any, overview of history and that diminish the great works of influential people, Princeton Science Academy simply presents history chronologically. World history is covered in a four-year cycle, which starts with the Babylonians and Sumerians and ends with the post-cold-war era. The goal is to give each student a framework from which he may draw when confronting the real world. In this way, a student will possess the necessary reference points to engage intelligently in any discussion that requires historical knowledge, such as in the areas of literature, science and philosophy. He will be exposed to interesting stories that may inspire him to read in depth on his own. ©2005-2008, Princeton Latin Academy, Inc. |
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