Assignment problem: Based on Chernobyl and its long term effects.
Narrative is how people tell stories based on their own assumptions, beliefs, and values. From a historical perspective, narratives influence who we focus on, what we focus on, and how we discuss events and issues in the past and present. Complete the following steps to explore how the stories about your current event and the historical events leading to it have been told.
1. Describe a narrative you identified while researching the history of your historical event.
- There can be multiple narratives depending on your sources. Pick one or two that you feel have been the most influential.
2. Articulate how biased perspectives presented in primary and secondary sources influence what is known or unknown about history.
- How do potentially biased sources influence knowledge of your historical event and current event?
- Support your stance with examples from your primary and secondary sources.
3. Identify the perspectives that you think are missing from your historical event's narrative.
- Whose stories were not recorded? Whose voices were ignored or silenced?