Why Teaching History is Important

But only when it is taught with a view towards the future

Lisa Olsen
Age of Awareness
7 min readDec 8, 2019

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Photo by Maria Oswalt on Unsplash

No one argues about if kids should learn reading. In math, despite all the debates about the type of math that should be taught, no one questions the value of teaching the subject itself.

But history seems to be a waste of valuable teaching time in this…

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Lisa Olsen
Age of Awareness

I am a teacher, with two kids, recently diagnosed with Lupus, and possibly other auto-immune conditions, living life to the fullest, while managing symptoms.