Moststudentsareusuallyintroducedtothestudyofhistorybywayofafattextbookandbe-comequicklyimmersedinavastseaofnames,dates,events,andstatistics.Thestudents"skillsarethentestedbyexaminationsthatrequirethemtoshowhowmuchofthedatatheyremember.Fromthisexperienceanumberofconclusionsseemobvious:thestudyofhistoryisthestudyof"facts"aboutthepast;themore"facts"youknow,thebetteryouareasastudentofhistory.Butinthiswaystudentsmaybecomeconfusedupondiscoveringthathistoriansoftendisagreesharply.Theydiscoverthathistoriansdealingwiththesameeventmaycometoquitedifferentconclusionsaboutit. A: Thereisnowaytosolvetheproblemofdisagreementsamonghistorians. B: Ifthestudentswanttoevaluatetheworkofvarioushistorians,theyshouldfirstknowwhathistoryreallyis. C: Historyisofcoursewrittenbyhistorians. D: Theconceptofhistoryinstudents"mindisdifferentfromthatinhistorians"mind.
Moststudentsareusuallyintroducedtothestudyofhistorybywayofafattextbookandbe-comequicklyimmersedinavastseaofnames,dates,events,andstatistics.Thestudents"skillsarethentestedbyexaminationsthatrequirethemtoshowhowmuchofthedatatheyremember.Fromthisexperienceanumberofconclusionsseemobvious:thestudyofhistoryisthestudyof"facts"aboutthepast;themore"facts"youknow,thebetteryouareasastudentofhistory.Butinthiswaystudentsmaybecomeconfusedupondiscoveringthathistoriansoftendisagreesharply.Theydiscoverthathistoriansdealingwiththesameeventmaycometoquitedifferentconclusionsaboutit. A: Thereisnowaytosolvetheproblemofdisagreementsamonghistorians. B: Ifthestudentswanttoevaluatetheworkofvarioushistorians,theyshouldfirstknowwhathistoryreallyis. C: Historyisofcoursewrittenbyhistorians. D: Theconceptofhistoryinstudents"mindisdifferentfromthatinhistorians"mind.
