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Historical lenses are useful for studying history in a more precise way. By using lenses, you can narrow in on the topic or information you’re most interested in, rather than wading through countless articles that don’t have anything to do with your focus.
Political, Social, and Environmental are all examples of different lenses you might use when researching or writing about a topic.
How did the atomic bomb directly affect the health of Japanese citizens, and how did the Japanese people and government deal with these effects?
WWII was coming to an end with the dropping of the atomic bomb and Japan’s surrender. Afterword, Japan had to deal with radioactive poisoning and the many deaths of its citizens. Looking at the event in this manner, you’d be viewing it through the eyes of Japan’s government and its people.
A political lens looks at a country’s government system, their actions, and influences that might instigate those actions.
A social lens looks at people and their motivations during a specific time or event. How people are treated, what their daily lives are like, and their quality of life are some examples.
An environmental lens looks at the impact an event has on the environment, or how the environment influenced an event. The environment is constantly changing and has a huge impact on our lives!
Learning about different lenses and how they’re applied to written works helps to identify them and figure out what an author’s biases might be, and whether or not you can trust that source. The internet makes it far easier to spread information, which can also make it harder to find information you can trust.
History can teach us about how the world tends to work, and by using the knowledge of things we’ve tried and failed in the past, we can better ourselves in the future.
History does indeed have a tendency to repeat itself. People write and report with biases and then pass that information down. Without the full story, people either start picking up these biased opinions thinking it’s the unaltered truth or don’t have the information necessary to prevent past mistakes from happening again.
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Every historian writes using different lenses to view the past. Some views get left out, or only seen by a certain community. When researching for my topic, I found it extremely difficult to find sources presented solely from a Japanese perspective. Instead, I was flooded with information on how and why the Americans decided to bomb Japan.
I believe so, to a certain degree. I’m not saying it’s necessary to know everything about everything, but you should definitely make an effort to learn about things that might be relevant to current issues. Too many people dismiss things like feminism or racism because they think they already know everything about it. They get their news and ideas from biased news sources, and never bother to think that maybe they should vary their sources. This causes all sorts of problems within the human community.