When reading the articles by Zinn, Stearns, and Becker, I saw many ideas about what they thought about History as some of the same views as I have. For example, in the Zinn article he talks about the problems of US history being taught by isolating other countries that had impacts in creating our countries history; Its was all about the history of the white man rather than anything taught about the Native Americans or the Black peoples that lived here.  It is important to give a multiple view of history even if it's of one country it should be told by the eyes and thoughts of everyone and of any race. Also how US history is not taught in a way that you see what else was going on at the same time as other things, like the civil war was going on at the same time as the western expantion and the gold rush that follows in California People don't learn about this unless they have gone to college or investigate it themselves, these are things not heavily taught in normal public schools, because they have to follow a criteria made by those higher in the school systems.
       When reading the Stearns article I particulary agreed on that everyone is there own historian, even though they may not realize it. I should think people would love history if it was taught in a fun way that involved not just memorizing dates, but learning everything that was going on at the same time as those dates they want you to know. So much is missed and untold when you are told to learn about al the presidents and generals and all that stuff. It the bigger picture, the whole picture that people are suppose to know.
         Finally, when reading the article on Becker, I thought that yes history is made up by memories of people and a countries events that are in the past, they have either been orally passed on or written down. Also that everyman/womans past is woven together to create a quilt that represents the history of their community or country whether big or small everything a person says or does that has influence is history.