A student researching history has taken notes:
• History is constantly reinterpreted through new perspectives • Previously marginalized voices are being recovered • New evidence can change historical understanding • Historians acknowledge their own biases • The past itself doesn't change, but our understanding does
The student wants to explain why historical understanding changes.
The past itself doesn't change, only our understanding of it.
Historical understanding changes as new perspectives and marginalized voices emerge, new evidence is discovered, and historians acknowledge how their own biases shape interpretation.
Historians now acknowledge that their perspectives contain biases.
Previously marginalized voices are being recovered and included.
Correct Answer: B
Choice B. New perspectives, evidence, and bias acknowledgment explain why understanding changes.