HIS 100 Module Five Activity
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HIS 100 Module Five Activity: Historical Interpretations
Replace the bracketed text below with your responses.
Identify the topic you chose to explore:
Chernobyl
Describe how exploring your research question improved your understanding of the historical roots of your current event.
I knew the accident was bad and it had terrible consequences for the people living close to the plant and the consequences are still happening, even 30 years later. But I never realized the accident could have been avoided if people had more knowledge about the work at the plant, the dangers of radioactivity and the little security measures that were given. Because to my understanding, people at that time did not have any experience with radioactivity and worked at
the plant without knowing the risks. They just saw it as a good money-making opportunity. Also,
I believe there were no safety measures – the people did not wear overalls, or protective gear and there was no back up plan for accidents happening. Explain how biased perspectives influence what is known about both your historical and current events.
I believe the bias of the government back in the day and today’s time is to make people think radioactivity is not dangerous and safety measures are taken. This is how the Soviet Union tried to make it sound like back in the day without educating the people on the real information and it is still like that today. Japan still pumps nuclear waste into the ocean and acts like there are no
dangerous combined with that.
It has always been a money-making opportunity and even though nuclear plants are supposed to have all kinds of requirements now, I do not believe that every country that still has nuclear plants follows these rules, or the waste would not get disposed into the ocean. Propose how the narrative about your historical event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.
Multiple sources I have found, made the accident seem less dangerous and made it sound like the world just kept going without many consequences.
I believe if the government had owned up to the mistakes they made and admitted they knew how dangerous it was, the accident would be looked at differently. But that would put the government into a bad light and with that it would show weakness for the country and that is “unacceptable” in today’s world (at least according to politics).
And the whole nuclear plant thing could have been shut down or put on with such hard restrictions and fines that they could be “safer” in the end. Propose how the narrative about your current event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.
Japan tries to hide the danger of nuclear waste, still. This is why they dispose the nuclear waste into the ocean and do not feel bad about it. If the government here as well would own up, tell the truth and set the money making to the side, they would see it is still dangerous and it hurts nature and even humans in the long run. But no, they just want to look “strong” to the world and act like we still have nuclear activity going on and try to use it against their enemies. Not
very smart in my eyes, because in the first place they are hurting their own country (since they are closest to the waste) and their people with still having the radioactivity around.
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