what is the importance of history?

History is important. In centuries past this statement would have seemed self-evident. Ancient cultures devoted much time and effort to teaching their children family history. It was thought that the past helps a child understand who he is. Modern society, however, has turned its back on the past. We live in a time of rapid change, a time of progress. We prefer to define ourselves in terms of where we are going, not where we come from. Our ancestors hold no importance for us. They lived in times so different from our own that they are incapable of shedding light on our experience. Man is so much smarter now than he was even ten years ago that anything from the past is outdated and irrelevant to us. Therefore the past, even the relatively recent past, is, in the minds of most of us, enshrouded by mists and only very vaguely perceived. Our ignorance of the past is not the result of a lack of information, but of indifference. We do not believe that history matters. But history does matter. It has been said that he who controls the past controls the future. Our view of history shapes the way we view the present, and therefore it dictates what answers we offer for existing problems. Let me offer a few examples to indicate how this might be true.

The history is very importance for every one. There was some one used to say, “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree. ” by Michael Crichton. For me, I think it is very true statment.



Sirorat 4EN 042

History shapes our future. Think about it if you're american if european settlers never came to America you would be an European and native indians would be in America. South african would not be white ...everything needs to evolve.
1. so we don't repeat past mistakes
2. so we can use knowledge of past events to study things that aren't currently happening. for example, we sometimes need to learn about war while we are still in peacetime.
3. to understand human behavior.
4. to pay respects to the movers and shakers before us.

Thurada 4EN 051

When you also know about history, you can understand what it really means to be in someone else's shoes. We all live our own separate lives and choose to be affected by what we see around us. We can take action or we can remain passive. When you read about the history of various countries, you can understand the pain, the joy and more that people feel when they do something difficult or amazing. You can understand what it means to have no food, or what is means to be rich and without love. Just like reading a book, history is a big book filled with many real stories.


Tawatchai003

The three benefits of History
1. The opportunity to learn and improve our English grammar.
2. The opportunity to not look like a fool and come asking your multiple-choice history homework questions the day before the test/homework is due, because you already know the answers.
3. The opportunity to actually learn something about the events of the past and the people of those events, who in most cases are a lot more interesting than any of the contestants on American Idol.
   

jiraprapa 015 4EN

History is the importance for every human in the world.
We have different coming and different group.
So, we should know that where we come from and
who is our ancestor.
If we don't know about history, we will be like a person who doesn't know my own home.

Sirinat 041

History is often regarded as ‘His-story’, ‘his’ being a representative term for mankind. However, today the connotation of “his” is used in a broader sense, with it being significant of anything or any phenomenon that has a story connected to it. From the history of the universe to the history of this very article, everything is recorded with respect to the fourth dimension, “time”. The word ‘history’ relates to the Greek term “historia”, which stands for the knowledge acquired through investigation. History is not just a subject which is studied in classrooms, but a genuine science that deals with the true origins and development of our planet and our species, following closely through the ages; ancient, medieval and modern. History involves discoveries, research and invention of new analytical methods to succeed in decoding historical facts and understanding them. Though history is deemed boring by some youngsters, it is one big story that can be read to and read by anyone who has even the slightest of interest. Below you will find a few facts which cement the importance of history in human lives.

Chamaiporn 017 4EN

The importance of a good history . History gives us many things in the past. Faded as the various tribes . Importance for the history is as follows.
1 . History known to man himself. Know something about the extent of their own.
2 . History contribute to the understanding of inheritance.
3 . History reinforces the caution. Initiative . Practice patience.
4 . History as past events that people can be taken as a lesson.
5 . History teach people to think . Do not believe anything easily without deliberate consideration . Thoroughly first.
6 . History would cause national pride in the ancestors of the family and the country.


Pattira031_4EN