History

What is transnational history? Well transnational history, can be seen in a varying amount of ways. It can be seen through images of the media, E.g. the broadcasting networks which produce news, shows for the whole world. It can be seen through novels and readings, base on subjects relating to individuals and groups. No matter where people go there has always been an idea of transnational history wether it has always been rectified or not. Transnational history is where past events, and past ways

Knowledge in the making of History History can come alive in the eyes of the listener. Behold, for what the history has to represent to those. George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876-1962) a British Historian quotes, “Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the Present and as uncertain as the future.” The quote has a lot of impact, as it states the truth. To remember the past is memories, the present shall soon be the past and memories too, and the future

Honesty in Teach US History Should students be led to believe the countries first leaders have no faults and force fed a love for the country? Recently, in Douglas County, Colorado students had a walk out over history classes, the school board should only promote "patriotism and ... the benefits of the free-enterprise system" and should not "encourage or condone civil disorder." (Brunden) For high school students to walk out of class because history is not being taught the way it actually happened

believe that there is truth found in history. There is an individual truth, which is how the experience being told is the truth to the individual who wrote it, and there is a common truth, which is where many individuals' truths overlap. When reading Voltaire's quote, "History is the lie commonly agreed upon," I come to the conclusion that history is not true, but that the common truth is the most accurate information that we in the present will ever know. History can absolutely be changed, and has

History: What really happened In today's modern culture, many of you have heard the the quote “...and the rest is history.” This is such an interesting quote because for the most part, it's naming history as dull, unimportant information, that does not need to be told; and nobody cares about. However I believe the exact opposite it true. History is the story of what happened in the past. History covers everything from the beginning of time to the very present moment. It covers so much information

Is History True? Handlin argues yes, while McNeill argues no. I am not one to decide for someone else if they think it is or not. However, I do believe most history is. Although, a great deal of our history went unrecorded, the amount we have can suffice to show that what’s happened in the past can happen again in a contemporary situation. Oscar Handlin’s argument was that our history is known as long as it’s well recorded. Furthermore, he believes that we can advance into an easier and more truthful

History is False “History is dictated by the victors” (Churchill). No victor in a war will criticize the actions they took during the war or justify their enemies actions, condemning their enemy in the history books. After the war is won the politicians decree how the events are told. With no one to oppose the legislators write the history books from their own perspective, shaping the minds of everyone who reads history books. Victors of conflict dictate how history is molded, because as winners

History can be defined in many ways and is told differently by hundreds of historians throughout the world, but one common connecting thread in the definition of history is that it tells the story of how human life came to be what it is today. History is the research, analysis, knowledge, and documentation that tells the people of the world what came before them that allows them to live their life the way that they do in this time period. Because the world that came before now is such a vast period

History is such a significant thing in the United Sates, and to our counterparts all over around the world. It has many purposes that help advance us, and it creates a source to learn from what was successful and unsuccessful. History in simpler terms is a preservation of thought during a certain period of time, documented by a person. This is why, it is important to think about how history has currently been documented and written. Often the source of our history comes from a person on one side

The novel Kindred by Octavia Butler, presents history in a way that shows whose history was remembered, reimagined, and sadly forgotten. Dana who lives in Southern California in the late 1900s learns about the sad truths of history firsthand. Dana has the ability, which seems like a curse, to time-travel to the 1800s. This is where she is unknowingly introduced to her ancestors. Being a freed African American women Dana is frightened each time she is taken back to 1800s Maryland. As she puts the