studying history often means studying the history of only the people who could write (or pay others to write things down.) c. It means that the history of the poor and of women has often been neglected. d. All of the above Question 2 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 Question text What does the term "emergent properties" mean‚ as it is used in the Introduction? Select one: a. It refers to special places where new things emerge b. It refers to the emergence of Big History as a new
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Oral History Have you ever read Oral history in your life? Oral History is the study of historical information recording of interview with people having personal knowledge of past events. For many years‚ authors have written myths‚ fables and parables. The problem lays arguments of whether oral history is reliable. I believe oral history depends positively in our society because oral teaches something about life. Also oral history is meant to explain a bigger picture. But sometimes‚ oral might
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English Speech Goodmorning. Today I will be talking to you about how history and memory are depicted in Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang‚ and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic. Both texts depend heavily on fictionalised historical figures to tell their stories through memory. And both leave us with suspicions about their historical accuracy. In this speech I will be exploring these two texts through five main points * The difference in believability between a novel and a film
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To what extent has textual form shaped your understanding of history and memory? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text. The textual form of the poetry of Denise Levertov and the recount Pure Torture by Tom Moe has shaped the reader’s understanding of history and memory to a great extent. While history is represented generally as objective‚ impersonal‚ factual and static‚ memory is represented as subjective‚ personal‚ fragmented and
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A Sense of History: Some Components by Gerald W. Schlabach All students who graduate from a liberal arts college should take with them an indelible awareness of the following: 1. Some things happened before other things. Studying history is much more than the memorization of dates. But if we get things out of chronological order‚ we’ll inevitably get a lot of other things wrong too. Imagine that we are in a new city trying to find "408 N. 5th St.‚" but vandals have taken down the signs
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History Assignment: 3 Q.1) What were the main characteristics of the writings of the Nationalist School of Historiography? Ans: The Nationalist School of historical writing contributed to the self- confidence‚ self-assertion and a certain national pride which enabled Indian people to struggle against colonialism especially in the face of denigration of India ’s past and the consequent inferiority complex promoted by colonial writers. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri and other historians also helped overcome
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The Importance of Learning the History of History Kathryn Allen Instructor Carl Garrigus October 29th 2011 This paper is meant to focus on the importance of the facts and history that lead up to‚ and surround the history of a major historical event. It will show that there is more meaning to an event such as the Vietnam War if you are able to understand the culture‚ beliefs‚ and impacts that surround Vietnam prior to the war. This will allow for a better understanding of why a war took place
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HISTORY TEACHES US THAT HISTORY TEACHES NOTHING; DISCUSS? 1.0 INTRODUCTION All human cultures tell stories about the past‚ deeds of ancestors‚ heroes‚ gods‚ or animals. Songs sacred to particular peoples were chanted and memorized long before there was any writing with which to record them. Their truth was authenticated by the very fact of their continued repetition. History which can be considered as an account that purports to be true of events and ways of thinking and feeling in some part
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Peter Sterns says that we need to study history and here are a few reasons why we should study history: History Helps Us Understand People and Societies- We can use history from the past to explain why we act the way we do. We can also use the past to formulate laws or theories about human behavior. History Helps Us Understand Change and How the Society We Live in came to be- we can use history to understand why things occur and history shows us a trend we can see what made a trend rise or fall and
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History can be defined as “the methodical record of public events” where memory is defined as “the faculty by which events are recalled or kept in mind”. Thus history and memory interrelate as history can be seen as the contextual justification for memory. “The Fiftieth Gate” is a poignant interweaving of history and memory. The text follows protagonist‚ Mark Baker an historian‚ son of Holocaust survivors Genia and Yossl (Joe)‚ on an historical journey through
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