1) What is public history? How does it contribute to what we remember about our past? Give a few examples of what constitutes public history. 

2) What is collective memory? Give an example for your own upbringing. Think of of an event that may not be in the history books. One of the issues was the debate over the represenation of slavery. What did Disney propose to do? How should the nation deal with the memory of slavery?

The art of historical study and interpretation outside of the academy is referred to as public history. Historic sites, museums, historical societies, government departments, libraries, and the private sector all employ public historians. Historical records, objects, and photographs are cared for by public historians. They also offer public and knowledgeable audiences' historical perspectives. Exhibits, historical brochures, interpretive services, and interactive items are all produced by public historians. This project makes history more available, understandable, and meaningful. Public historians are also historians who do studies and write about the past. Public historians, like all historians, see the past as a never-ending source of study. Public historians are more likely to be generalists than experts. Despite the fact that many have particular research interests, they are required to learn about new subjects as needed. Original research is often carried out by public historians. However, in many cases, their work is based on exhibit creation, historical programs, and preservation plans rather than publication. Public historians must be adaptable, resourceful, and resourceful. These are the defining characteristics of the industry.

Question 1
The art of historical study and interpretation outside of the academy is referred to as public history. Historic sites, museums, historical societies, government departments, libraries, and the private sector all employ public historians. Historical records, objects, and photographs are cared for by public historians. They also offer public and knowledgeable audiences' historical perspectives. Exhibits, historical brochures, interpretive services, and interactive items are all produced by public historians. This project makes history more available, understandable, and meaningful. Public historians are also historians who do studies and write about the past. Public historians, like all historians, see the past as a never-ending source of study. Public historians are more likely to be generalists than experts. Despite the fact that many have particular research interests, they are required to learn about new subjects as needed. Original research is often carried out by public historians. However, in many cases, their work is based on exhibit creation, historical programs, and preservation plans rather than publication. Public historians must be adaptable, resourceful, and resourceful. These are the defining characteristics of the industry.
In an ideal world, historians will assist in the sanctioning and restriction of social and political influence by ensuring that the public's knowledge of the past is factual, accurate, comprehensible, meaningful, and useful, as well as immune to cynical manipulators who market snake oil as historical reality. Historical memories contribute to the creation of social and political identities among groups of people, and they can be altered in light of current events. Museums, historic homes and historic places, parks, battlefields, archives, film and television companies, and all levels of government are some of the most common settings for the practice of public history.
Question 2
Collective memory refers to a social group's common pool of memories, knowledge, and information that is strongly linked to the group's identity. Large and small social groups will create, share, and pass on collective memory. Nations, generations, and cultures are examples of these types of classes. Collective memories can also happen at a more local stage. Families may recall events from their past or a significant event. Any significant social group to which we belong has a collective memory for each of us. As in the case of the embassy bombing, these collective memories may be about reality or interpretations. I have a collective memory from when my extended family and I went on an adventurous trip to the Bahamas. This vacation was enjoyable because all of my immediate cousins were present, making it a memorable experience, as we prefer to do when we get together.
Question 3
As one of the world's largest media companies, the Walt Disney Company has been subjected to numerous critiques of its corporate practices, management, and content. Walt Disney Studios has been chastised for stereotypical depictions of non-white characters, misogyny, and plagiarism claims. Some of Disney's numerous business projects, such as television networks, theme parks, and product lines, have also ignited debate among customers and the media. 
The fight to erase slavery's memory has been almost as heated as the fight to abolish slavery itself. For many, the memory of slavery in the United States was too significant to be left solely in the hands of the black men and women who lived through it. The stakes were just too high. Slavery had been a significant expenditure for the United States, and had existed for more than two centuries before being abolished in a bloody Civil War that claimed nearly a million lives and destroyed billions of dollars in land. Indeed, the abolition of slavery increased its importance and strengthened the debate about how it should be remembered in the future. The Library of Congress, The New Press, Smithsonian Productions (the Smithsonian Institution's broadcasting and audio reproduction arm), and the Institute of Language and Culture have teamed up to make the recollections of American ex-slaves recorded more than a half-century ago available. This is just a sampling of the techniques used to deal with the legacy of slavery in the United States. By giving it a voice, it will stay with the people, allowing them to remember what was done to their forefathers and ancestors in the past. A call for remembrance isn't always a call for paying more attention to historical facts. To remember the war dead, it is not necessary to be well-versed in geopolitics or military history. Remembering those whose lives were ravaged by slavery does not necessitate knowledge of past slave regimes. However, there is a distinction between remembrance of war and remembrance of transatlantic slavery in former slave and colonial states like Britain. Since the latter upends the prevalent, self-congratulatory national narrative about a country's passion for liberty, equality, and democracy.

References
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Hirst, W., & Manier, D. (2008). Towards a psychology of collective memory. Memory, 16(3), 183-200.
Weible, R. (2008). Defining public history: Is it possible? Is it necessary?. American historical association.