Social Studies skills: Difference between revisions

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** would these historical actors be satisfied with conditions of today?
** would these historical actors be satisfied with conditions of today?
** if so, what would they have done differently
** if so, what would they have done differently
* aside from its impossibility, the Utopian paradox misunderstands history:
* aside from its impossibility, the Utopia paradox misunderstands history:
**by confusing what ''actually'' happened with what the observer ''wishes'' had happened
**by confusing what ''actually'' happened with what the observer ''wishes'' had happened
*note that study of contingency helps avoid the Utopia paradox:
**by studying conditions and choices based upon those conditions ("contingency") we can better understand both the present and past worlds


== Effects ==
== Effects ==