Try a web search using the terms
"importance of history"
 
here is one of many hits
"...history does matter. It has been said that he who controls the past  
controls the future. Our view of history shapes the way we view the present, and  
therefore it dictates what answers we offer for existing problems...."
_http://www.mckenziestudycenter.org/society/articles/history.html_ 
(http://www.mckenziestudycenter.org/society/articles/history.html) 
 
Perhaps you could relate this to your own communities current and past  
problems.
Best wishes, Barbara Hass, retired  librarian



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