In recent years, it is common that young generations possess more amount of knowledge related to international celebrities and famous film stars rather than influencers in their nation’s history. In this essay, I will give some culprits of this phenomenon and several solutions to raise youngster’s interest in well-known individuals from the past of their country.
It is understandable why numerous adolescents know more about pop stars and famous film actors than celebrities in their country’s history. The reason I want to mention is that in the modern world, the outstanding development of technology leads to the emergence of countless social platforms and recreational media. This contributes a large part to the reputation spread of stars and influencers from this genre of fields such as music and films when the desire for entertainment increases day to day. With regard to people in history, it cannot be denied that young people do have an interest in them but the History they have to study at school increasingly demolishes that enjoyment. In addition, compared to entertainment fields, education like History has not frequently appeared on social media, which is the main place of operation for the young generation.
To prevent the degradation of historical values, it is advisable to supply several solutions to treat this problem. Firstly, government organizations like the education ministry should innovate the method of teaching History at school. For example, with the appearance of many modern educational tools such as PowerPoint, teachers can integrate more images, and videos in the lectures and transform them from a boring to an attractive one to keep the attention as well as ensure the ability of absorption of their students. Another remedy is that musicians and movie directors should take more concern in the history to influence youngsters. They can make more songs or new films about people in the past to provide historical information in a way that is easy to understand for adolescents and it also takes a significant role in protecting historical identity.
In conclusion, the breakthrough in technology and the tedious teaching approach to History result in this disparity of popularity degrees. Therefore, solutions like improvement in educational methods and using films and songs themselves to raise interest in famous figures in the country’s history of young people need to be carried out.