| When we study about what has happened in the past, | | | | reading a book, history is a big book filled with many |
| we always look at important figures, important events, | | | | real stories. Know you can picture what it is like to live |
| important groups, ideas, and movements. History is so | | | | in china during communism or what it means to be an |
| broad that it can include everything from what has | | | | American. |
| happened in Latin America, China and Europe. Learning | | | | By understanding history, you can understand why |
| about history is important because some of it should | | | | things are they way they are right now. Many of the |
| be common knowledge. By knowing a bit about what | | | | past events and histories in the world have shaped |
| has happened in our world, you can help see why | | | | what we are as of now. From the major wars, |
| things are the way they are as of know, what will | | | | including the American Revolution only go to show the |
| happen in the future, how great minds work, how evil | | | | nationalism and pride of the people of America. If you |
| people work and much more. It doesn't hurt to know | | | | look at Africa, you can understand why it is not as |
| too much about history. | | | | modern and strong as other countries today. They |
| One basic importance of history is to know enough to | | | | have been isolated from the world for some time until |
| do well because your knowledge of it is tested. It can | | | | European colonists came and took over. Countries |
| be in the classroom, it can be in the UN, or for a | | | | such as Bolivia are in a horrible situation because of |
| historian meeting. If you do not know enough, than you | | | | the fact that they were slow to move forward. |
| put yourself at risk of not achieving what you can. | | | | Globalization affects everyone, but some people are |
| It is also important to know about world history | | | | taken advantaged over while other gain much more. If |
| because you can then educate others who do not | | | | you look at India, you can understand why it freed itself |
| know as much. They may not need to know much | | | | from Britain. Lead by a man who used non-violent |
| about history in their selected fields of study but | | | | actions, they were able to prove that they were being |
| without knowing a little is not acceptable. If you do not | | | | taken advantaged of. You can also understand why |
| know about what has happened, you do not truly | | | | countries have conflicts because of territories, |
| understand the word. By looking at what has | | | | because of disputes and more. All of these countries |
| happened, you can understand cause and effect, how | | | | that make up the world today have changed since the |
| important ideas and events played out and more. | | | | beginning of time. The reason for change is evident |
| When you understand history, you understand basic | | | | and helps us understand the current place we are in |
| concepts and ideas. You will learn about cause and | | | | now. |
| effect, relationships and human nature. Since history is | | | | By understanding what has happened in the past and |
| mainly about what causes the next event or action, | | | | the current situation of today, we can better |
| people can clearly understand how things are related | | | | understand what can happen in the future. By looking |
| to one another. For example, is there is extreme | | | | at what has happened, we can understand what we |
| repression of the people in a certain country over | | | | should avoid and what we should make better. We |
| many years, there will probably be some people who | | | | live in a country that is strong today because of what |
| will take the stand to fight back, possibly forming a | | | | the past leaders have all done. If we avoid problems |
| revolution. Another example is when the China | | | | that we have done, such as the Great Depression, we |
| government copied their ideals from the communist | | | | won't have to deal with that ever again. If we |
| ideas of Marxism because of what they felt about the | | | | understand the importance of friendship and rights, we |
| majority of the people. Reading further on, if you know | | | | can make them stronger than ever. If we have read |
| enough about history, you can see how people's | | | | about a problem that we say should have been taken |
| attitudes and feelings are changed as a result of an | | | | cared of a long while ago, then you should help out |
| action. Some of these people may choose to use | | | | situations that are happening now. Some of these |
| violent tactics or choose to use non violent measures. | | | | situations include Darfur and the war in Iraq. History |
| You can understand the nature of these kinds of | | | | allows us to make the changes needed to make this a |
| people. | | | | better world. |
| When you also know about history, you can | | | | Lastly, history is so important because each of us is |
| understand what it really means to be in someone | | | | part of the history that takes place. We may not know |
| else's shoes. We all live our own separate lives and | | | | much about what is going around, but each of us is a |
| choose to be affected by what we see around us. | | | | member of what is going on right now. We can |
| We can take action or we can remain passive. When | | | | choose to help out situations that matter to us and do |
| you read about the history of various countries, you | | | | avoid ones that we choose not to tackle. Remember, |
| can understand the pain, the joy and more that people | | | | history does not stop at the textbooks, it merely |
| feel when they do something difficult or amazing. You | | | | continues until the end of time. Each one of us is a |
| can understand what it means to have no food, or | | | | living textbook of what is to come. |
| what is means to be rich and without love. Just like | | | | |