9/01/2011

What is history and why do we study history?

Hello everyone and this is my second blog post of year. In this post I am going to answer you two big humanities questions: What is history and why do we study it? My meaning is that history is the record of past’s events: people, ideas, and things. A synonym I would use is recorded time: because from when people had had evidence, they would have record it. There are two main ways to discover about the past. Archeology is the study of the past through humans and animal remains.
We study history because we all want to gain info, see how the past has changed but also see the pattern of how things are repeating themselves. By saying the past I mean governments, populations, cities etc. Like this we learn more about the Earth, the different cultures and especially more about ourselves.
Quote: "If you do not like the past, change it." by William L. Burton
I like this quote because it is meaningful and it tells you that whatever we/you have done wrong you can repair it in the present.  
Hope you learned bits and pieces pn answering the big question. Thank you!

   

2 comments:

  1. very clear and interesting....thank you!

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  2. I like your response to the question saying about archeology and history. You still need to post a quote though.

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