2. Why do we study the past? Mr. McEntarfer * HSLPS

4. To learn about our heritage

5. To Understand the Present

6. Learning about the past can give us clues to the future. This helps us make informed decisions in the present. Can you tell the future? –Emotions –Reactions –Events –The Weather –Ease or Difficulty –Ability

8. By looking at past civilizations that collapsed we can get a better idea on how to prevent it here

9. What Happened to Easter Island Civilization?

19. How can we prevent what happened on Easter from happening here? Safe guard our environment Find peaceful solutions to problems Communicate

20. Discuss the following quotes “The farther back you look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” - Churchill “He who is ignorant of the past repeats the mistakes of the past.” - Santayana “History is the version of the past events that people have decided to agree upon” - Napoleon