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I think that the history of events should be taught hand in hand with the history of technology and economic history. Kids need to understand that world events are driven by what technology is available and how it will be paid for (and vice versa). Otherwise world events look like they were decided upon at random– “Hey, we haven’t been at war with France lately, let’s go fight them!”– and inventions look like neat, useless stuff (“Who would bother inventing THAT?”).