Why Does History Matter

question often asked is, “Why does history matter?” History is a subject taught to people all around the world and is essential to the survival of the human race. History matters because it connects things through time, helps present-day people to make better decisions than their predecessors based on past events, and teaches individuals about their heritage. First, history matters because it connects all things throughout the fabric of time. People are like living histories because each has a rich

first week of class, we had four readings that were assigned to us to read and reflect upon. One from the Alex Marshall book titled “The Sex of the Cities” and three from the McClay and McAllister book which were titled “Preface”, “Why Place Matters”, and “Local History: A Way to Place and Home”. The first reading, “The Sex of the Cities”, serves as an introduction to what the Alex Marshall book as a whole is about and what the book will discuss such as the nature of place, how the nature of places

prominence to history? James Cook is a controversial figure who “discovered Australia” Born on October 27, 1728, in Matron-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, James Cook was a naval captain, navigator and explorer who, in 1770, discovered and charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship Endeavor. He is credited for many innovations in Cartography. But is he really as good as he seems. And why does he have such an influence on our society. Why is the true history of Australia

Most of us are way overstressed and are either staying up too late or are working too hard, or both, to achieve the “perfect grade”, which is the ideal “A”, but is very rarely given out by today’s strict teachers. So why are we suffering so much just for a letter? Apparently our parents say that’s the point of education-- to get all “A’s” so we can get a good job in the future so we can enjoy life and blah blah blah… This is already wrong! Wake up! What is the point

Thapa SOC 203 The author argues that, “ Why history textbook is considered boring by the high school students, and are not interested to learn about their own history.” Question: When the author said in the age of the Internet, when the history book is no longer used why publisher is still publishing the books? I don’t understand the context of this statement? How it is making the history boring? I loved how Loewen talks about the history being boring, and why students are not learning anything from

Injustice They express the words for the entire face of my race But then you got violence’s From the same crowd Perpetuating that same stereotype That people of my color That black people are violent ME a black girl disagree with black live matter Bogus statics softies factitious information is what I see I am not a victim I am not hopeless girl I am not picking cotton out in the fields hours and hours at a time I am getting whipped like slave until my flesh Is bloody red I’m not oppressed

Reality simply means what is actually being observed, so, within history, this would literal past that a historian is reflecting upon. Representation refers to what the observer makes of the subject matter that is in reality. So, this would relate to a historian’s representation of the past and how his/her portrayal is slightly altered from the reality of the past. Persuasion is the

“What is history?” Recently that is a question which has been asked in class, but what is the answer? Well, I am no expert but to me history covers everything that has happened in the past. For example, everyone knows that the Vietnam war is history, but history could also be something as simple as when you brushed your teeth this morning. So, since history is a mixture of everything made up from the past, then why is it important? In an online article, Peter Stearns, has certain reasons why he believes

1) Many students grumble that history is not a worthwhile topic for social work students. Read Gerda Lerner and comment on why history might matter for social workers. History, is a very important part of our system and it does matter for social workers because in order to understand where we are at this point in history we must understand our past history. Understanding each part of history process does make a differences. We are all victims of this social justice prejudice system in which in

and became its own nation. Several different factors played into the independence from british rule. But the Indian independence movement was much different than normal revolutions that have happened in history, the independence became one of the only successful non-violent revolutions in the history of the world. Although their independence was non-violent in the end, it was not always that way. In the 1800s multiple revolutionaries tried to revolt against the British using violent tactics but in