... History... 30/06/09

...??What is history??...

• It is a record of important events that had an important effect on our society or the world we live in ...
• The study of past human EVENTS.

??Why do we study history??

• It is important for us to study history and UNDERSTAND that history is still relevant to us even in the current context.
• We are able to understand people in different eras and its' circumstancesto be able to LEARN from the past and anticipate the future, to make SENSE of a time radically different from our own. History gives us perspective to help us to UNDERSTAND HOW we got to where we are now...