What Is the Story of Humankind?
These youngsters were intuiting that there are questions common to all civilizations and all humankind. And there is reassurance in that. The reassurance is, “We are not alone.” Others have trod this path. Kids who are given the opportunity to study the past often find solidarity with those who have gone before them, a sense of connection that is both a source of reassurance and a gift. By connecting students with the past, we can cultivate in them an awareness that now – at this moment in time – the ship is theirs. The journey is not a tour given by someone else. They are steering this craft, and the journey is what they make it. What Is the Story of My Time? I want to speak to history””‘s energizing potential when kids come to realize that each age faces its own distinct challenges. Sometimes we human beings must respond to situations and problems that have never existed before. Sometimes we have to grapple with novel situations and seek new solutions. Again, the advantages of a sequ
