A history class is to look back in history and understand what happened and why. Typically a survey course such as this one will touch on some of the major events that have happened over the course of the time period we have studied. Picking out World War I was easy, The Great Depression? It better be covered!The Cold War and Civil Rights were certainly big events for us during the last half of the 20th century. Watergate?Certainly and for a variety of reasons.One of the things history allows us to do is look back and give some perspective on events. The recent bombings in Las Vegas are certainly important, but where will they fit into the history books YOUR kids will be reading? Will it even be mentioned? Has the world shifted because of those events? Or even has the US shifted? Time will tell and right now we don’t have the perspective to say for sure how important those events will be seen down the road.These ideas lead us into the last big assignment you will get.