Visit a historical site in your area.

“As we toured the battlefield, I realized that visiting historical sites can not only enrich our understanding of a particular historical event, but it can also allow us to engage with history in a way that provides greater local contextualization and a visceral connection to the people who lived through it. In fact, visiting the military park brought the Battle of Gettysburg alive to me in a way that no textbook had been able to until that point.”

“While I’ve read the Gettysburg Address multiple times throughout my education, this speech never meant more to me than at that moment when I stood at the National Cemetery and pondered at the number of lives lost during the battle.”

“internationally i’d have to say auschwitz as it’s interesting to walk around and if you go on the right day, it has an eerie peacefulness to it that for some reason makes it clear just how bad it was. it’s also an incredible learning experience for how bad humanity can be, just looking at the clothes the toilets and the rooms. it’s is and always will be an unforgettable and extremely chilling experience walking to the areas that held the uniforms the prisoners wore as well as the star of david they had to have to identify themselves.”