Understanding History

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What does history mean?

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History: events that happened in the past.

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What do historians do?

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Historians select from events of the past and interpret their meaning to create accounts.

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What is an interpretation?

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An explanation of the meaning of something.

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What is a historical event?

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Something that happened in the past.

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What is a historical account?

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A description of an event from the past.