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What does it mean?
Sharing history with children helps shape a better future, using a proverb about past and future.
In plain terms
Let children learn history so they can help build the future.
What can you take from it?
Teach history to guide the future.

Where it applies

  • teaching children
  • community planning

Putting it to work

  • share local history
  • involve youth in planning

Questions to consider

  • What history should we pass on?
  • How do you help youth see the future?

Another view

History alone does not guarantee a positive future outcome.

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