What Is History Essay

Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass helps IB students understand the concept of international mindedness. This book includes the concepts of poverty and inequality after WW2, the reactions of the citizens whose loved ones fought in the war, and what it looked and felt like. This book would also be a good novel study for IB students, because it helps to understand the hardships from the aftermath of the war. After WW II in 1945, poverty became a major issue in both the book and the leading events…

suicidology. I will provide a brief history of suicide and state why it is important to study suicide in the sociology field. I will then compile information from the prior research and analyze it, comparing many aspects in hope of finding an underlying theme. I will look into three categories; demographics, integration, and mental status. I will then finish with a conclusion and the hypothesis which will then lead to my research proposal. Let us begin. History Suicide has a big effect on…

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…

It’s important to know the history of a country to know how it all started. In his article “Culture” Mihkel Mutt (n.d.-a) talks about the culture of Estonia and all of its importance. Estonia is home to a million people and to all those people culture is very important for the identity of Estonia. Culture should be important to every country because culture is what defines them as a country. Estonia is known to write many folk songs, they have around 133,000 folk songs. During the early 13th…

Prologue: History is the most important thing in the world because of how it affects people and societies all around the world. Traces of history go all the way back millions of years ago forming wealth and power to this day. In this book Jared Diamond is determined to explain why there were so many different rates of human development on different continents and to his traditional views and opinions. The "rise of civilization" conveys the opinions and true meanings behind civilization and how…

Context is Important (Especially with Art) Art throughout history has served many purposes; intimidation, expression, guarding of a sacred space, or a show of power to name a few. But as a piece of art is moved from its original space, whether it be taken to a museum or simply taken, the context and deeper understanding of the piece is somewhat lost on the viewer. This has happened over the course of time with many pieces, such as the Ishtar Gate and Nike of Samothrace. Originally, the Ishtar…

The values of a community are constantly changing as time passes. What is accepted as normal at one time could be seen as outrageous in another. The thing about history is that people in the present look into the past with their own thoughts on what the world must be like, so figures in history rarely remain evaluated as they are. Two historical figures that started off so similar but are seen as so different in the present day are Malinche and Pocahontas, both indigenous women who eventually…

America’s Gift to My Generation America is a gift from God. Just like America is giving a gift to us. Remembrance is America’s gift. Most of my generations don’t really know what happened in the past. My generation needs to learn remembrance. Of our soldiers who fought and still are fighting for us. Remember the past, but keep moving forward. We can make things better by remembering. Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the generations before it, and wiser than the one…

History is always being created, but never changed or altered. Although something may have happened yesterday, today, it is now considered historic. The irony here is that whether it happened a few hours ago, yesterday, last week, or many years ago, it is still considered historic because it is now in the past. As stated by Dr. Drake in many lectures, “history does not necessarily repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” From 1865 to the 2000s, different areas of history have a stronger rhyming scheme…

How do we study a historical event? A good way to learn about a historical event is through good collection of primary sources. Mark Wasserman’s The Mexican Revolution: A Brief History with Documents is just that. It is a good academic representation as well as a good teaching tool; while it has it shortcomings overall, it is a good collection of documents for the time period it covers. To start, this book gives a good academic representation of the Mexican revolution because it uses a…