The Importance of History

#CentreforElites #importanceofhistory #history #Meaningofhistory #secondaryhistory #conceptofhistory The meaning of history • The word History comes from a Greek word Historian which means to search for or to ‘inquiry’. • History is knowledge that is acquired by investigation. • Historians reconstruct the past events through investigations. • Therefore, History is the study which goes back to the past to bring to light the actions and motives of people who lived in then and relate them to the present. • History uses the narrative approach to examine and analyse the sequence of events under investigation. • Historians examine the nature of history and its usefulness. Importance of studying history • History allows people to imagine a better future. It inspires people with biographical stories of heroic people. • It develops a sense of citizenship in people and understand the society in which they live. • It develops reading, writing and analytical thinking skills in people. • It gives people entertainment and fun. • It lets people leave the confines of their environment and see themselves as a product of thousands of years of history. • It makes people to understand other people who are different from themselves. • It provides the purpose for living to the people. • It trains people to understand other people before they understand themselves.