Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Why Study History?

This year, as part of social studies, we will be answering some essential questions.  These questions are intended to make you think.  I am not looking for a right or wrong answer.  Instead, I am hoping you will take some time to consider the question.  Maybe talk it over with your family.  Determine your own beliefs.  Then, add your thoughts to the blog.  Your answer should be about 2-3 sentences long.  State your belief as well as 1-2 ideas as to why you believe that.  Then, respond to another student's blog that has a different answer than yours.  Do you agree with what they said?  Do you have opposing beliefs?  State whether you agree or not and why.  This response should also be approximately 2-3 sentences long.  Remember to proofread your writing.  Check for spelling, capitalization and punctuation. 
The first question is, "Why do we study history?"
I look forward to your answers!

41 comments:

  1. Should we study history? Yes. Why do we study history? Well in my opinion, even though history is not my favorite thing in the world, if we do not learn from history, it will just be repeated. Think about it; if no one ever studied history than we would probably be on like, world war 17. There would be another guy like Hitler killing all the Orthodox people this time, and people would crash planes into tall buildings like crazy, all bececause nobody ever studied history, therfore no one would know how it ended for the bad guy(Bin Laden Hitlor etc.). Plus studying the subject would make you alot smarter. My point is, next time you have a history test, before you blow it all off, think to yourself. Is a little bit of studying worth the possible destruction of the world?
    -st

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    1. Yeah, I totaly agree!! I really would not want there to be world war 17 going on. It would also be horrible for like the 3rd generation Hitler to be taking over the world! I can not imagine planes crashing into the Sears tower (aka the Willis tower). Studying history definetly pays off. Z.H.

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    2. I totally agree with you that we can all learn from the things from the past, but have ever thought that if it weren't for who ever invented the internet or first thought of blogging or whatever, I wouldn't be replying to your bog. I think that we can really appreciate and make role models of the people that came before us. But cool thinking! AD

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    3. im with you the population would be 1,000,000 big diferince from 7,000,000,000. your right.jl

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  2. So we can learn from other peoples experiences and better ourselves by following their examples and learning from their mistakes.

    Another reason is so we can learn about the past and how we came to be here.

    My last reason is to learn about the great people of the past and the accomplishments they made.

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    1. yeah i totally agree great thinking!! i like how you saidabout the great people and their accomplishments.

      ab

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    2. I agree becuase we can learn more if we study history and I like how you said we can learn from other experiences.Great Job!

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  3. I think history is important because, it helps us to understand different cultures and pepole. also it gives us holiday traditonds.(:

    -B.R.

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    1. Wow! I did not think of it that way. your absolutly write. :)
      -st

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    2. yeah, that is a great way of looking at it. PJB

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  4. I believe we should study history because I like to learn how people lived back then. I am also interested in their currency and how they dressed. Z.H.

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    1. I agree with you. It is very intresting to learn all about that. I want to learn about adventures and what people discovered.

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    2. i agree about what you said about currency back in the day!!

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    3. I hope we will learn about their fashion this year in social studies. Wouldn't it be fun if we could go back in time to see it in real life.


      LT

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    4. I totally agree with you. And I also just love the holidays
      C.N.

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    5. Yeah me too. I'm also wondering how they dressed in the past. I agree with you.
      C.N.

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  5. I think we study history because we can learn from the mistakes of the past. We can also find role models in the past that will inspire us to do great things in the future. It also gives us an appreciation for the inventions and the inventors that made this blog possible. AD

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    1. your right we wouldn't know thomas edison or leanardo davinci thats great awnser.

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    2. I couldn't agree more that we could learn from past mistakes and use them. We also could look up to abe lincoln as a role model and never lie.
      JDK

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  6. I think we study history because if we do not learn from history, there could be repeat of history like another civil war. Also learning from past's mistakes or successes that will help build the future.
    -JDK

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    1. totally right we would be fighting like cats and dogs the world would rip itself apart. great awnser!jl.

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  7. We study history because we don't want to make the same mistakes as others did. If we do not read about mistakes we would do it over and over. By learning about historical events that were great we learn to do the right things. Not everything in histiry was bad many events were extrodonary. AG

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  8. I think we study history because if we don't learn about history, we'll make the same mistakes that they did, like if we don't learn from the civil war, we might have another one. It is also very useful: like with inventions - if we don't learn what they had then, we would not be able to take notes and improve. last, I think we should study history because it is fun to me. That tells you why I think we should study history.
    -PJB

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  9. i think that we learn history because wecan provent things from happening again like wars. also we study history because we can learn how our world today came to be.\

    ab

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    1. thats a good idea but to be what.dk

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  10. I think we should study history because if you do not learn from our mistakes we will just repeat old mistakes and keep doing the same thing over again. Also when you learn history it makes you make the right decision from yes and no. I was asking my family and one of them said history is not important it is just a wast of time. I don't agree because it is important to learn from other peoples mistakes. And it makes you a lot smarter and have more knowledge


    LT

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  11. I think we study history so we will know why were here and so we can know what happend in the pass and to know who won the reviloutionary war or who was the first pioneers and dawn of dinosours.dk

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  12. I think we should study history becuase It helps us learn from our mistakes and to teach what happen during the later life from now it can teach us and keep us learning from what happen a long time ago.NM

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    1. I agree that people made many mistakes in the past, and we should learn about them and not to repeat them again.Life is too short to make the same mistakes again and again. R.V.

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  13. I think tha we study histrory to lean how our country was formed, how people lived, and what they did to survive.
    L.H

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    1. totally true if i lived in colonial times and didnt listen id be useless as a million dollars in the middle of the oeacan.(if its wrong sorry im not the worlds best speller)

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  14. We can learn from the past from studing it. People accumulated their knowlegde about everyday life, weather, tools, skills, and everything, what had the influence on their lives. R.V.

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    1. I agree because it will help us learn how to survive in the future and teach us new things. -N.A

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    2. I totally agree!! I never really think about how things pepole did in the past brought us awsome things we have today and how it's changing our lives. your right.

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  15. i think we study history to see the past open a door explore a new world so we know how to respond to questions in colloge high school if we didn't imagination would be worthless.so thats why we study history.

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  16. I think we have to study history beacause it will help us with the future. If we study history, it will help us to not make the same mistakes as we did in the past. That is why we should study histoy. -N.A

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    1. I agree if we didn't study it we wouldn't be prepared for the wars. A.p

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  17. think we study history because it helps us understand why today is like it is now
    tm

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  18. We study history because we don't want to make the same mistakes our ancestors did a long time ago. Then the wold just wouldn't the same today.
    TH

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