Love For History

History is an important role into being a citizen. History shows the importance of identifying critical skills, and leadership.Without learning about history, citizenship wouldn’t be possible. Having historical events shows how to grow inside communities and within the liberal art division. Learning History shapes who a person truly is and allows growth.

Some people look at history as a boring subject, but that’s because they haven’t thought of it like a marvelous tale of action, drama, tragedy, and whole lot of chaos. By thinking of it that way, it will make the subject much more interesting.

In reading a Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich you realize that history seems so much less complicated when you are the one standing back and reflecting on the past. You realize how easy it is to often forget that every single new idea, religion and war was a struggle that lasted generations upon generations. History is more than just a page or a story, its our account of the world. That goes to show how short life and history is, you realize that history is always repeating, war after war, peace then war. There are good and bad periods in history and its up to us to learn from them. In a way history is much like a human being it goes through stages, learns about life, and has inner struggles or wars about their ideas and their beliefs.

I have been passionate about history since a young age. I remember being a small child riding the school bus and questioning what my town looked like in the past, who were the people that lived there prior to my friends and family. I cannot pinpoint when my curiosity of the past began but I can thank my parents for nurturing that curiosity and supporting it has grown. My passion of history has guide me to pursing a doctoral program and a career in academia where I can continue allow my curiosity to grow.

History is something that we all have knowledge of. It may be family history, or even your own but we all know of an experience that happened in the past. These experiences make us who we are, and they determine how we think. Not only that but they determine our emotions towards certain topics. Through characters in the book, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, " written by Jamie Ford, we learn that American identity is based on ones history and if we want America to become a stronger more united place everyone’s history must be accepted.

Growing up in a small town, someone wouldn’t think how much history is in that place. I’m very fortunate enough to live in a remarkable place that has a lot of history behind it. So let’s begin this journey together as we look back into the place that I call home.

History intrigues me because, unlike other branches of education, it tells a story. The problem with telling a story is that over time, certain events are altered or omitted by those in power to suit their needs. I was once told that History is written by the victors. This includes not just the winners in war, but the political victors, champions of power, and the wealthy patronage of scoundrels seeking to whitewash their history of shame and corruption. History books, therefore rarely tell the whole story. An example could be when a noble, who just survived a political

History is a subject that can define a person’s heritage. Each one is different, but can have a few similarities. Each person’s history can explain where their family originated, the culture that they are originally from, the struggles that their family encountered, and so much more. But the most important thing that a person’s history can show, is how they ended up where they are today.

I am incredibly interested in ethnic studies or history in general. I am continually fascinated and left in awe on how a minor or other wise insignificant incident could change the face of the earth. For example, how the rhetoric of George W. Bush about Iraq and their supposed weapons of mass destruction would start the longest war in American history. Similarly, I am genuinely interested on how two college students would start on the biggest grassroots political organizations of its time, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale went from petty criminals to national heroes, who at their peak had over 10,000 members alongside

For my summer assignment for AP U.S history I had to read the novel, A People’s History of the United States. This novel is a nonfictional literary work that was written by the American historian, playwright, and social activist named Howard Zinn. In this novel, Zinn attempts to present American history through the viewpoint of the common people rather than the conquerors and the economical and political elite. The chapters that I had to read from this book were chapters 1 through 10. The chapters were very informative and it allowed me to revisit major events in American History. Therefore; prior to reading this novel, the three events that stood out to me were the Arawak Indians that encountered Columbus, the enslavement of African Americans

The Articles of Confederation was our countries first Constitution. It was a black and white agreement drafted by the Second Continental Congress. It was agreed upon and signed by the thirteen colonies in 1781. The Articles were mainly aimed at the state governments. The Articles had many weaknesses, but it also accomplished many things. The Articles of Confederation were able to keep the state together until the Constitution was written. I was because of the Articles that the Revolutionary war was ended with Great Britain. Many states gave up their claims to land west of the Appalachians. This land was given to the government. It helped to create a feeling of national security. Under the Articles, congress enacted laws to

The history of my roots is full of wonder and mystery. Like the conquistadors taking over the aztecs to the mummies

My family has been in America since the 1700s. We have witnessed a lot of history in that time. I can’t ask my ancestors about the revolutionary war, but my relatives did have some things to say about more recent events. The LA riots, the death of Kurt Cobain, The Challenger disaster, Star Wars, and the Kennedy assassination all of these contributed to the America we are to day. And my relatives were kind enough to share their experiences with these events.

By the time I started the first grade of school, my interest of our past had already sprouted enough to be easily cultivated by teachers and docents on school field trips to museums and local historical sites. These enthusiastic journeys were shaping my personality to learn more about different cultures.

History isn’t always the glamorous and fast paced events like war, but sometimes it's just explaining things the average Joe might experience during his time on the Earth. This paper will not have any war or conflicts that are life or death for the delicate system of a community, but it's history nonetheless. The History of my family and how it connects to bring us decades later to where we are today.