Myths exist and then to unpack them a little bit and think more about the reality of the experience, right . I want to start first by talking about how this connects to the first World War overall. So its not just america that has these myths, but even this sense of how we understand the first World War to begin with. And we think of the kind of general narrative that we attach to it. One of the most common narratives is that World War i was a senseless slaughter. Right . Weve already talked about the uncertainty as to why this war ever even occurred, but once its underway there is this predominant image and we get a lot from popular culture. Those are the kind of images that i have up here for you, the idea that this really was just men sent needlessly to their deaths. And so i got two examples. One is all quiet on the western front. Youre going to like this image, right . This is the cover for the first English Edition of the novel. Youll recognize that image from something we discus
All right. All right. So, today, were going to talk about america during the first World War, and i have called this lecture americans at war the Mythbusters Edition and i did that kind of intentionally, because when we think about understanding the first World War in general, there are so many myths and misconceptions that are attached to the war that its really interesting for us to first understand why those myths exist and then to unpack them a little bit and think more about the reality of the experience. And i wanted to start first by sort of talking about how this connects to the first World War overall. So, its not just america that has these myths, but even this sense of how we understand the first World War to begin with, and we think of the kind of general narrative that we attach to it. One of the most common narratives is that World War i was a senseless slaughter, right . Weve already talked about the uncertainty as to why this war ever even occurred, but once its under w
Experiencing today, you seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. For the jews, jerusalem is where solomen built the temple. People who have said to conquer the world swept through the city. No other individuals changed the landscape in the way Herod The Great did. Solodyn, the british badly wanted to control the holly land. For israelis if you dont know it in its complexity, it is hard to understand it today. The past is never dead. It is jerusalem. Solody s 725 years have past. By 1914, the world have under gone a drastic transformation, fuelled by the rise of technology and industrialization. But, World War i threatens the entire Globe And Jerusalem lies directly in its path. The time of the first World War, jerusalem is occupied by The Ottoman. The church thats been there for A Hundred years. The mideast lost egypt. They have turkey, some parts of Southern Bulgaria and eastern greece and what is Today Palestine and lebanon and arabia. They became really the third par
Whether childhood is idealized or a time of work who gets to be an adult with that package of rights unresponsibilities. What does it mean to have chronological Age Something like you can drive at 16 but back in the earlier periods. Weve studied youre not an adult until 21. What does that all mean . In weve also been talking about old age, right . What peoples expectations were and as you know, ive been researching old age. So today. I want to talk a little bit about what ive been doing, but i also want to put it in the perspective of childhood because this semester we spent a lot of time thinking about each life stage. And its expectations, but we havent done a lot yet to try to put it together. So i thought id try to do that heavy lifting and we talk about it in terms of the american revolution. So the first thing a lot of people who havent had this class say is they didnt even think about age at all. Maybe youre just making something up that we care about today. That they didnt care
What peoples expectations were and as you know, ive been researching old age. So today. I want to talk a little bit about what ive been doing, but i also want to put it in the perspective of childhood because this semester we spent a lot of time thinking about each life stage. And its expectations, but we havent done a lot yet to try to put it together. So i thought id try to do that heavy lifting and we talk about it in terms of the american revolution. So the first thing a lot of people who havent had this class say is they didnt even think about age at all. Maybe youre just making something up that we care about today. That they didnt care about. Well, thats not true. You can read their diaries and they talk about achieving certain ages expecting for instance. Achy bones and Thinning Hair as they get older. Not only do they think about age. They think about generations too. So i chose this quote. Its John Adams. And hes essentially saying i have to study politics in war. I have to b