Why Study History?

When we study history we think about the past, the present, and the future.

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Evidence is always true.

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• false

As a historian you need to

• think about perspectives or point of views

• consider biases

• question all claims and evidence

• all of the above

Studying history can help us create new and better ideas.

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History is

• one single story that everyone agrees on.

• memorizing facts about the past.

• different accounts of events depending on people's perspectives.

• only useful if you want to be a historian

What is an "account" of history?

• Facts.

• A personal interpretation of an event.

• Questions you ask to solve a problem.

• How to research to find evidence.

If you read an article online

• you should question if the evidence is reliable.

• you should believe everything it says.

• you know it must be true because no one has bias.

Everyone has bias, even if you don't think you do.

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A person who studies history is called a 

• historian
• teacher
• architect
• pathologist

Historians divide history into larger chunks of time called

• fossils.

• eras.

• pacts.

• calendars.