奶奶的生日——讓我們回顧歷史

Write down your birth date. Next， note down the birth date of one of your grandparents. Then do some 1）historical research. Try to find out what happened on those two days in history. Maybe you can 2）get access to a newspaper from those time periods by looking on the web or going to your library or local 3）archives. If you can’t get access to those， then just ask your elders. Try to find out what happened， not just in your own home area but also in at least two countries that are far away from your own—what political 4）conflicts， what wars were happening， for example， what were people thinking about， what were they worrying about， were there new inventions， technological breakthroughs， can you figure out how people spent their time. It should be fun and 5）intriguing to do this research， but your goal would also be to use the past， and thinking about historical change， to 6）wrestle with 7）timeless human questions， like how did we become who we are， how can we win freedom， and how can we face the future with creativity and 8）resilience.

寫下你自己的生日。接著，記下你祖父母其中一人的生日，然后作一些歷史研究。嘗試找出歷史上在那兩天發(fā)生的事。也許你能通過(guò)查找網(wǎng)站、圖書館或者當(dāng)?shù)氐臋n案館找到那個(gè)時(shí)期的報(bào)紙。如果你通過(guò)那些方式都找不到，可以問(wèn)問(wèn)你的長(zhǎng)輩。嘗試找出在那時(shí)發(fā)生了什么，不僅僅是在你自己的國(guó)家，還有在至少兩個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的國(guó)度——例如，那里發(fā)生了什么政治沖突，爆發(fā)了什么戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，人們有何想法和擔(dān)憂，有什么新的發(fā)明、技術(shù)的突破，人們是怎么打發(fā)時(shí)間的。作這些研究是很有意思的，但是你的目標(biāo)是通過(guò)過(guò)去，思索歷史變遷，努力解決人類永恒的問(wèn)題。諸如人類是怎么來(lái)的，我們是如何獲得自由的，以及我們?nèi)绾斡脛?chuàng)造力和順應(yīng)力來(lái)面對(duì)未來(lái)。