History #1

For one I would tell Paige that her theory that history is not valid should be put to on the side for the sake of her grade. I would also tell her that because of Archeology today we can see the tales and stories of many different cultures. History is proved by archeology and if history was written by the winners they would make stuff up or take stuff out. If history was only written by the winners then why do the winners leave so many negative things in their history, wouldn't they take them out to look more powerful and perfect. History is very necessary because it does so many good things for people. History helps people understand where they came from and who they are. It helps people see how societies change and come to be. History helps us not repeat the past. In Addition i would bring up examples such as we have history of things people have lost that match up to the others. If History was written by the winners and not the losers I feel like we would have thrown away or altered most of the history of Vietnam. That was a dark time in American society and you think they would take that out but it is still being taught. Also in Germany they teach about WW1 and WW2 which Germany clearly lost but their historical records and facts are almost identical to the ones in the US or Britain. History can not simply be changed by the winner by the changing of written records because there are so many archaeological facts and records of the loser that would disprove those changes. Today's history that is supposedly written by the winners matches up almost perfectly with archaeological facts and records of the losers.