In my opinion, history is a number of things. Firstly, it is a written and/or remembered record of events that happened in the past. These events go back to the ancient times, before christ, to dinosaurs and the people that came after. History starts from the beginning and end yesterday, though yesterday is a relative term. Yesterday will always be yesterday and continue to be a continuous part of history. History is everything before today, and tomorrow it will be everything including and before today. History is constantly changing and becoming a new story as society continues to progress.
Secondly, history is what we use to learn from. We look back and remember how society’s or government’s actions took an effect on the world so they can change future actions. These mistakes change the future and as a whole, we benefit from history. We learn from our mistakes yesterday, last week, last year and a decade from now.
Lastly, history is a study. It is a course in which we utilize different ancient texts, materials, fossils and various other scripture to learn about the humans before us, the species before us as well as the way in which society progressed and was formed. How did the first plant grow? How did we get to America? How did we progress to a democracy and move away from dictatorship in America? How did we decide who our first president will be? All of these questions are answered through the study of history.
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