Why Study History
History history teaches us first and foremost how the world was before we got here, and why it is the way it is today. Students of history learn how to write and reason, research and analyze.
Here is what some experts add about why we should study history:
A Selection of Essays
- Peter
N. Stearns, Professor of History George Mason University
- David McCullough,
Pulitzer Prize winner, author of John Adams
- William
McNeill, Author of Plagues and People and Rise
of the West
- Gerhard
Rempel, Professor of History, Western New England College
- Steven Kreis, Author of The History Guide: A Student's Guide to the Study of History
