What Is History Essay

“a picture is worth a thousand words”, but can one really gain as much knowledge of an experience through an image rather than pages of textual descriptions of every detail? Generally, students are disengaged in the content displayed through a history book, primarily because they believe that they have no similarities between those living in the Gilded Age and find it hard to sympathize let alone understand any individual from that time period. When viewing historical events through a graphic…

every resident in the Brazoria County area should visit, at least once. The Lake Jackson Historical Museum is a great way to educate yourself on the rich history of Lake Jackson. I have lived here for five years, and had no knowledge this incredible place existed in the area. Who would have thought Lake Jackson has so much interesting history? Like the fact that most of Lake Jackson sits on an old sugar plantation by the late Abner Jackson, hence the name. The museum mainly sponsored by local…

To this day, the battle and the histories associated with the Alamo continue to generate feelings of courage, endurance, heroism, and patriotism in those who learn about the battle. Via analysis of the following sources gathered, I will investigate the ways in which modern historians explain how myths, legends, and stories of the Alamo influence American memory and culture. Cultural historians have approached this topic by analyzing the portrayals of the Alamo in popular culture such as TV shows…

What has happened, what is, and what will be is the great question of history. Without the known, we wouldn't have a present. Without the present, we wouldn't have a future. Without the future, what's the point? One hundred years is a long time to reflected on; however, the past gives us wisdom for the future. JROTC is a program designed to benefit many people in all different branches. Such as the Army JROTC, which officially started with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916.…

As Martin Luther King Jr once said, “we are not makers of history; We are made by history.”. By this he means that we are shaped by our past, everything that has happened, has happened because certain people wanted it to. We can't change the past but we can make the future. And throughout time society has continued to change. We strive to create change so the world will become better. Looking at the past there are many great changes that have influenced who we are today as a society. However…

Chimamanda Adichie in her TED presentation talks about the dangers of a “single-story”, she warns us to against using a “single-story” to understand questions of identity. To understand what “single-story” is Chimamanda Adichie narrated a story when she was nineteen years old, she was leaving Nigeria to go to a university in the United States her American roommate was surprised by her because she spoken English very well. Her roommate wondered how she spoke English so well; she told her Nigeria…

“Macedonia” for “Massachusetts” which does not help their argument (SatireWire.com). It is mentioned that these these children do not even know United States’ allies, capitals of states, or the difference between fictional and nonfictional countries, so what do they know? This piece of literature is directed towards the hard working adults who have put in their time and effort to study geography and social studies when they were in high school. Today’s students do not…

History is written by itself day by day and year after year. Although History is written by itself it tends to repeat some of the same subjects. Only thing about the situation is that only the headlines and topics are different along with the people. For an example the Great Depression and the Recession are both a time where the economy and the American people where in heavy time of need. One era more tragic than the other but the class system was brutally effected. Has tragedy happens the rich…

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…

StoneHenge- History Mystery Task Key questions Description Location - Where is the site? The StoneHenge is located in Amesbury, Salisbury in the UK. Time period - When was it built? The construction was believed to have started in 3100 BC. Purpose - Do historians know exactly what the site was used for? If yes, how do they know? If not, why don’t they know? The historians don’t know what the site was used for and how it was built. Some theories about that giants made the Stonehenge…