HIST 212 Thinking About the Dead

Why do we remember the past? How do we talk about those that have died and can’t talk back anymore? How do we judge their good and terrible choices that still affect us? This course explores how wrestling with these big questions moves us beyond our degree, and connects us to meaningful careers and empathetic leadership by understanding ourselves and others better. It includes hands-on study about how, and what, our home culture chooses to remember today – and what it prefers to forget – including an exploration of the local history that surrounds us in Elkhart County. And it provides opportunities to become skillful in library and internet research, and to improve our writing and speaking skills. A Social World course in the Goshen Core.