What you’ll learn to do: examine the motives and actions of historical actors by thinking critically about their experiences and the context in which they lived and avoiding the use of presentism

In this hack, you’ll learn to better understand how to learn more and think critically about the motives and actions of historical figures. It can be tempting to view a historical figure’s actions through the lens your own lived experiences, but it is important to avoid this mistake of presentism. Examining the social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional aspects of a historical figure’s own experiences and the context in which they live will help guide you to a more accurate view of their motives and actions.