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Oct. 10th, 2023 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfoxThe thing about history is that it's rarely taught in a way I can grasp and retain.
I kind of want a globe that is a physical object but also digital - let me tell it a time period (year, decade, century, whatever) and have it show me the world at that time.
Maybe pop up the biggest events in a particular area for that time period, with the ability to adjust what you're interested in. Boundary markings to the best of our knowledge at the time, indications of what changed where, when, and why for boundaries. Inventions, preferably including not just the people famous for them, the option to see our best understanding of a day/week/time period in the life of someone from a place and time.
Just. Let me explore. Help me be able to see what was going on in the world at the same time, how it was then in various parts of the world. I always love finding out what was happening at the same time, but it's rarely taught that way. It's usually names and dates and I'm bad with those in my own life, let alone as dry, isolated information I'm supposed to remember.
I kind of want a globe that is a physical object but also digital - let me tell it a time period (year, decade, century, whatever) and have it show me the world at that time.
Maybe pop up the biggest events in a particular area for that time period, with the ability to adjust what you're interested in. Boundary markings to the best of our knowledge at the time, indications of what changed where, when, and why for boundaries. Inventions, preferably including not just the people famous for them, the option to see our best understanding of a day/week/time period in the life of someone from a place and time.
Just. Let me explore. Help me be able to see what was going on in the world at the same time, how it was then in various parts of the world. I always love finding out what was happening at the same time, but it's rarely taught that way. It's usually names and dates and I'm bad with those in my own life, let alone as dry, isolated information I'm supposed to remember.
