Historical Bias

After reviewing Zinn’s and Schweikart’s personal assumptions, beliefs, and values as well as excerpts from their historical writing, respond to the following questions: What do you believe to be the major distinctions in their personal assumptions, beliefs, and values?What do you believe to be the major distinctions in their interpretations of history?Do you notice any biases? If so, what are they?

Prompt:

After reviewing Zinn’s and Schweikart’s personal assumptions, beliefs, and values through excerpts from their historical writing, respond to the following questions:

 What do you believe to be the major distinctions between the two’s personal assumptions, beliefs, and values?

 What do you believe to be the major distinctions in their interpretations of history?

 Do you notice any biases? If so, what are they?

Guidelines for Submission:

Respond to all three questions. Each response should be two to three sentences in length.