Lost Opportunities (What If…)

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Historians sometimes talk about lost opportunities. They see bad things that happened in history and say, “This could have been avoided if …” Or, they see good things that did not happen or were delayed for much too long and say, “This could have happened if …” Look for a lost opportunity. Your job is to persuade us that a particular lost opportunity could have been embraced at a particular point in history if only someone or something could have been different. Tell us what happened or failed to happen and why. Then, describe the beneficial effects on American society if only someone or something had been different. In other words, tell us something that happened in history and then imagine a better outcome. Persuade us that someone or something could have made a difference.