The Study of History History? Past Past of Man History? History – the analysis and critical evaluation of man’s progress from the past to the present. Why Study History? 1. History clearly explains the present. 2. It is a repository of knowledge and information useful in solving our day to day problems. 3. It enables us to get acquainted with how man developed a civilization from crude beginnings to present modernized communities that we have. History 12 Descriptive
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Why Do We Study History? The reasons for studying history vary from personal ones‚ to some that affect an entire society or group of people. As conscious beings‚ there always has been a need to study and learn why and how the world has evolved to its current point today. As an individual‚ one often hears‚ “learn from your mistakes.” The past teaches about mistakes‚ so one may learn from them. By learning the bigger lessons‚ not the tiny details‚ one can discover why they are who they are now. Finally
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An Unforgettable Way of Studying History Hi! This is Sherwin Ang‚ a student from the University of the Philippines. At this point‚ I’m taking up History I‚ which tackles about the history of the Philippines in different aspects-political‚ social‚ cultural and economical. You may think it’s just like any other history class that just lets you memorize certain dates and events. Sometimes‚ we tend to ask‚" Why do we have to study history‚ the past is already the past?" But you know after you attend
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Green technology is not just something of the present; it has history and is going to play a big role in the future. “The term ‘technology’ refers to the application of knowledge for practical purposes.” (http://www.green-technology.org‚ 2010) With that being said‚ green technology is a method of products designed to protect our environment from toxins. We are living in the age of technology‚ but we are not living in the environmentally “cleanest” era. In the 21st century we need to look into the
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Colonization is building a colony in new land‚ but unfortunately‚ as seen in throughout history‚ that definition of colonization was not the case. Colonization was an outlet for the imperial nations to spread their religion‚ their economic beliefs‚ and the rule of monarchy‚ but not to present change necessary by the colonized tribes. It was the power of governing influence of a democracy over a dependent country‚ territory‚ or group of people to exploit them for their land and resources. A noticed
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Affirmative Action in the Past‚ Present‚ and Future Communications 220 May 22‚ 201 Affirmative Action in the Past‚ Present‚ and Future President Lyndon B. Johnson said in a 1965 speech at Howard University‚ “You do not take a person who‚ for years‚ has been hobbled by chains and liberate him‚ bring him up to the starting line of a race and say‚ ‘you are free to compete with all the others‚’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair” (Calloway‚ 2010‚ p. 72). From the end
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most important reason for studying history is not that knowledge of history can make us better people or a better society but that it can provide clues to solving the societal problems that we face today.” The issue of most important reason for studying history is complex and controversial. While there is no doubt that knowledge of history can give us clues to solve our societal problems‚ some people may argue that the most important reason to study history is to make us better people or a better
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the uniformitarianism assumption is that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now‚ have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe. It has included the gradualistic concept that "the present is the key to the past" and is functioning at the same rates. Uniformitarianism has been a key principle of geology‚ but naturalism’s modern geologists‚ while accepting that geology has occurred across deep time‚ no longer hold to a strict gradualism
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/WHAT IS HISTORY WHAT IS HISTORY? E. H. Carr Edward Hallett Carr was born in 1892 and educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School‚ London‚ end Trinity College‚ Cambridge. He joined the Foreign Office in 1916‚ and‚ after numerous jobs in and connected with the F.O. at home and abroad‚ he resigned in 1936‚ and became Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University College of Wales‚ Aberystwyth. He was Assistant Editor of The Times from 1941 a‚ 1946‚ Tutor In Politics at Balliol
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Purpose and history of penitentiaries Name Date CJA/234 Professor History of Punishment History of punishment exists since of thousands of years. Though‚ it is very tough to decide when exactly human civilization started punishment system. There are some records to support the start of punishment system. The earliest legal code may have been that of Ur-Nammu‚ Founder of third dynasty of Ur at about 2050 BC. In this legal code actually a person will have to pay for something he does wrong
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