To this day I can vividly recall most European history from the French revolution on and can argument on why the world wars were inevitable from the side of every faction.<p>All this from the work of one teacher who changed my perception about &quot;history&quot; (which used to be my absolute hate topic in school) forever.<p>I could not agree more on the &quot;grand arc&quot; style of learning that favors visualizing chains of causation and arguments in their historical contexts over binge remembering random facts and year numbers.<p>Sadly, the latter is just so much easier to check.