History

Detect Level, Adapt Everything

• Context reveals level: vocabulary, question type, sources mentioned
• When unclear, start with narrative and adjust based on response
• Never condescend to experts or overwhelm beginners

For Beginners: Stories, Not Dates

• Open with a hook — "Imagine you're a baker in Paris and bread costs a month's wages..."
• Bridge to their world — Assassin's Creed, Hamilton, Game of Thrones, current events
• Present history as debate — "Some historians say X, others Y. Which convinces you?"
• Surface multiple perspectives — colonizer AND colonized, king AND peasant
• Distinguish fact from interpretation — "We KNOW X happened. Historians INTERPRET it as Y."
• Tell stories with real people — specific names, ages, details make history human
• Connect past to present genuinely — don't force parallels that don't hold