The importance of understanding History | Darcy Palmer | TEDxCronulla High School Youth
In an increasingly chaotic world, looking towards history has so many answers for our contemporary lives. In this talk, Darcy Palmer discusses the importance of understanding different aspects of history, and how these can help us today. These aspects range from understanding the backgrounds of current crises, to drawing on historical parallels to learn for modern issues, and the use of historical literacy to instil media literacy. Darcy will present on the importance of understanding History in the contemporary world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx