History of writing

John Fea attempts to answer the question posed in the title of his book, “Why Study History?” He answers this question in eight chapters that talk about the different aspects of history. In chapter one, Fea talks about the role of historians as “revisionists.” Though history can be revealed through simple facts, it is meaningless without a story. Historians try to identify the story behind the facts by following the five C’s: change, context, causality, contingency, and complexity. In chapter…

Amber Ramos History 1000C Prof. Wang 5 December 2015 The Landscape of History How Historians Map The Past The novel The Landscape of History How Historians Map The Past by John Lewis Gaddis touches on subjects such as the idea of history and how historians assume things and about what’s to come in the future. He describes how the only reason that we know things about the future is because of learning from the past historical events. He describes the fact that we can only learn from the…

Most historians would question where the things we humans cherished so deeply come from. As historians it’s their job to answer or try to answer these questions. They answer would be from civilizations. A civilization and a culture get compared to each other all the time and get mistaken for being the same things but in fact they are not. A culture is the sum total of any groups, political, economic, social and intellectual activities no matter how fundamental or advanced these activities might…

2. What programs and services does your agency provide and which of those does the County fund? Cortland County Historical Society serves as a repository for information related to the history of Cortland County its residents, industries, government and more. We host special events including our 18 lecture Lunch & Learn speaker series, an attic treasure sale, as well as bus trips of historical interest. Cortland County Historical Society also produces publications including: a quarterly…

between the distinct differences between the disciplines of History and Political Science. The overlaps of the works that each discipline includes and the fluctuations of the way to study each discipline has fueled the debate. This makes it hard to identify the specific distinctions between the two. Jack S. Levy, in Too Important to Leave to Others: History and Political Science in the Study of International Relations, argues that history “Explains the connections between a series of events”…

All around the world more and more cultural artifacts are being stolen, looted and sold on the black market. Cultural artifacts or antiquites are objects and works of art that are ancient. These artifacts would be stolen, destroyed, or under appreciated significantly less if they were not returned to their region of origin. Cultural artifacts should not be returned to their regions of origin because, the artifacts could fall into the hands of a country that can't afford the upkeep, it's…

All in all, Johnsonville was a sausage plant that had been burnt down causing the employees to think that they were going to have to go into unemployment, however, something very different happened. Employees continued to receive full salaries and even monthly bonuses. All the employees had to do was “volunteer at local organizations, take training classes at the local technical college or work in other Johnsonville facilities” (Gallagher, 2016). These were three understandable conditions for…

historical thinking. The question, “What is history good for? Why even teach it in schools?” sparked an interest in my own mind. Considering I am attending school to obtain my masters in childhood education, I find teaching history important for many reasons, the first being, reflection of where we come from. Wineburg writes about how understanding the importance of ones history is so we can come closer together. It is important to remember that history not only teaches us about our own heritage…

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)…

Everybody is so worried about there clothing, like they always have to look better then everyone, no one realizes how much clothing and the creations of it has changed throughout history. Throughout history there here has been direct relationships between clothing styles and developments in clothing creation. It starts first with the Industrial Revolution, then the civil war, and lastly the 1920ish. Clothing creation has changed so much by that time because people started making their own…