Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5I am more than just…Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21WHY STUDY HISTORY?Because there is more to people than we think…I am more than just……someone who likes chocolate,…who likes to read,…and whose favorite band is Coldplay.I have a story.It begins in the Dominican Republic, where my Dad was born.…discovered by Columbus in 1492.Through my grandfather, my family name can be traced back to Spain.And from there to Turkey…whose capital city was once the heart of the Roman Empire.My mother’s father was a pilot during WWIIwho fought to free German-occupied France.My maternal grandparents came to America from France and Poland in the 19th century…And like the thousands before them, they passed through New York’s famous Ellis Island.Our lives are intimately connected to the past.How can we know where we are going unless we know where we have been?A country without a memory is a country of madmen.-George SantayanaWe can not escape history.-Abraham LincolnTo be ignorant of the past is to remain a child.-CiceroThere are many stories that remain untold. Mine is only one.What’s your