Historical Spaghetti: You Can't Make This Stuff Up

In his classic book, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History , Michel-Rolph Trouillot states that "History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others will take it into their own hands." [1] Despite the book being published in 1995, much has changed in terms of how and where history is debated. Discussions on historical interpretations are no longer held solely in classrooms and offices as the internet now plays host to these battles. As the internet has grown and been embraced by the public, it has gone from a minor part of life to being at the center of our everyday life. Source: Videomaker.com Though the internet has established its place as the premier medium for sharing information, historians have been sluggish in embracing the internet as a means of teaching history. Despite older historians being contented with the tried and true methods of information sharing, many...