For a sizable number of people, the study of history is just historical fact-checking on steroids. Rather than the isolated fact-checking that journalists do for articles, or regular people maybe do in conversation, about historical matters, I have encountered students (and adults) who believe that in a classroom you do this on a grander scale—in accordance to the specific subject at hand (U.S. history, women’s history, African-American History, World history, European history, the History of The Reformation, etc.).  When you take one of these classes, at the end you should be able to answer all sorts of fact-based questions about Read more