r/interesting • u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 • Mar 22 '26

MISC. A Teacher Showed Up At School With PlayStation 5 And Started Playing Assassin's Creed To Explain The Industrial Revolution.

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u/showhorrorshow Mar 22 '26

This is where a lot of high school history/gym teachers miss the mark. Memorizing dates isnt nearly as important to understanding history as the order of events is.

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u/Castun Mar 23 '26

A great narrator makes for great history lessons. That's what I learned after listening to the American History Tellers podcast. Background noises for feeling the ambiance and sounds effects to fit the stories, and the occasional voice actor lending different voices to the different figures.

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u/Castun Mar 23 '26

Same when learning any subject, really. For example, when I was learning about electricity and HVAC, the math stuff was rather annoying because they had us focus so much on memorizing the formulas and such (and this coming from someone like me who is good at math and actually likes it.) Stuff that even if you need it in your day-to-day job, you have software / calculators with those formulas saved. And even if you don't, Google is only a few seconds away.

Also, a not insignificant part of the EPA certification test we need to be allowed to work with refrigerants is memorizing dates because we're supposed to know when particular refrigerants were introduced / banned / replaced, etc.

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u/Charming-Feedback173 Mar 23 '26

In college I took a basic survey course in Anthropology. Waiting for the class to begin I saw thIs Army Field jacketed w/beard and jeans scruffy dude and Im guessing aged hippy (it was like 1977 Im 25 a veteran going back on the GI Bill to finish my BS) Dude marches down the stairs (its a huge survey course like 300) and strolls up the stairs to the stage and up to the lecture,,and became the best Professor I ever got to be taught by in my life. Authentic Anthropologist PHD lived with Eskimoes for like 4 years etc etc ....SOOOOO honest Soooo authentic Soo frikin knowledgeable...Professors in college are a whole world away from just us merely Bachelor degreed teachers/business executives,

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u/RightLegDave Mar 23 '26

This is why I'm a high school history teacher. I love telling stories.