Crazy history book ideas
Things I don't yet feel competent to write, but maybe someday... ^_~
The first idea is totally serious: could someone write a history survey book that goes in reverse, starting from the present and digging backward? This idea is inspired by the fact that in high school we never made it to the end of the book; like, students get dropped into some alien world (Ancient Egypt or so) and crawl toward their own time and probably never get past the Nazis. What if a book started with the world as they know it and then moved back in time to reveal its roots? It would be a different and challenging way of thinking and structuring the narrative, but I think there's potential.
The other one is more just silly: a history-based personality assessment/self-help book. "Got yourself into something that spiralled out of control and left you disillusioned, questioning everything you know about yourself, others, and the meaning of life? You're the interwar era! The breakdown of your old way of thinking, while painful, can lead you to great new discoveries, just be careful not to turn fascist." Abusive relationships would be related to colonialism, stuff like that.
(Of course, these might have been done already. There's probably an internet quiz for the second one at least.)
The first idea is totally serious: could someone write a history survey book that goes in reverse, starting from the present and digging backward? This idea is inspired by the fact that in high school we never made it to the end of the book; like, students get dropped into some alien world (Ancient Egypt or so) and crawl toward their own time and probably never get past the Nazis. What if a book started with the world as they know it and then moved back in time to reveal its roots? It would be a different and challenging way of thinking and structuring the narrative, but I think there's potential.
The other one is more just silly: a history-based personality assessment/self-help book. "Got yourself into something that spiralled out of control and left you disillusioned, questioning everything you know about yourself, others, and the meaning of life? You're the interwar era! The breakdown of your old way of thinking, while painful, can lead you to great new discoveries, just be careful not to turn fascist." Abusive relationships would be related to colonialism, stuff like that.
(Of course, these might have been done already. There's probably an internet quiz for the second one at least.)