Natural history

One of the hardest things to do as a history teacher, especially at the high school level, is to get students to understand what it means to be “doing history.” It isn’t just to have facts and dates thrown at you to parrot back, but to come up with an understanding of what the people of that time were thinking and doing and why the document that is being analyzed even exists and what it did for this country, if not the world. In the books Historical Thinking and other Unnatural Acts: Charting…

According to the article found at http://www.thepeoplesview.net (2011), the formation of history is not easy. In human existence, great men and women have contributed to history formation. It goes beyond human self to cause a revolution. Historically, we have seen works of Du Bois, Malcolm X, Shakespeare, and Da Vinci. There revolution came after making great choices. In this paper, I have chosen to evaluate Barrack Obama's choice to run for the presidency (http://www.thepeoplesview.net, 2011)…

Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen, many different important points are made about how the history textbook industry is corrupt, telling lies, or not telling the whole truth to the young readers. This should be very evident to most people, since textbooks spanning from elementary to high school often tell different pieces of information, and sometimes, complete opposite of those pieces of information. For years, history textbooks have been corrupted by the economically elite, and “teach” children…

The idea that history is a competition between culture with a dominant winner is true and has been proven for centuries no matter which way it is looked at, but cultural synthesis is inevitable to come in any situation. Saying one side is less prevalent than the other is contradicting because there will always be a natural obligation among humans that is centered around the need for being the best. Seeing that this is true, history is a product of cultural synthesis despite the competition found…

A historian needs to describe the various influences of the age, the climate of opinion or intellectual atmosphere, and the effect of that period of history on subsequent centuries. Above all, the historian will attempt to show the meaning of the events so that readers will understand the significance of the period to human existence Porter, 2002). Could the Great Depression have been avoided? Most historians will agree that the two main factors that lead to the Great Depression were the crash…

time. There are also some points wherein they have the same idea, but they are opposite for the most part. This paper is going to discuss those differences, and point out the exactitude of why there is that difference. Let us start with a brief history. Hegel was born in 1831. A time wherein…

There are countless ways to view the past, and it’s very possible that there is no correct way to interpret history. “Landscape and Narrative,” a chapter from Barry Lopez’s Crossing Open Ground, looks at a distinct dichotomy that exists between the authentic and the inauthentic, explaining that there is not just one way to see history. Lopez discusses different narratives, and how the true history affects which ones get passed on. There are two common narratives that have endured regarding the…

Past events are considered historical if they are meaningful and made an impact on the country. Every person has their own perspective on historical events. These personal perceptions are formed by a number of circumstances and can change through their life. Historical events can have various impacts on people depending where they lived in the country, and when an event took place. So much historical knowledge can be gained through hearing someone discuss events they were alive to experience.…

Some history events are essential evidences that illustrate ideas of how the event begins and ends. Some historians take a time to write books and articles about important events to demonstrate deep details that readers may not know about. Many historians have constructed an event to their own ideological beliefs to infiltrate those beliefs to the readers. Moreover, a Presidential history or a biography topic can be constructed with a lot of interpretations that results in arguments and…

When I first heard about the Oral History project I did not know what to expect. After reading the assignment in more detail, I was excited to start the project. I immediately knew I would pick my mother for the project. She is my best friend and I wanted to learn more about her growing up with such a big family. After going over the assignment, I called my mother and asked if she would participate in the project and she said yes. I was delighted to hear her say that because I instantly started…