Essays / What History Means to Me [6]

We have to wirte an essay about what history means to us. I need a few more details in my paragraphs, and i reallyy dont know what to put!

To me, I think history is very important. It is a way to make sure we don't make the same mistakes twice, it also helps people and things to develop, and it shows us were our ancestor have come from.

If we do not learn our history - we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. We could learn from the mistakes of others and make better choices for ourselves. A prime example would be the Holocaust, which is often listed as the most horrific event in that it was the first industrialized mass murder. We now have laws to ensure that something like the Holocaust does not happen again. Something like slavery and segregation we now know is terrible could happen all over again if we didn't know the effects from the first time it happened. With history we know what works and what doesn't. On the other side, history can show us what not to do, and how to not make the same mistakes over again.

History can also help so we can use that knowledge of the past events to study things that aren't currently happening. In the past, people died from things like then common cold. People now have things like vaccinations to help us live longer. By studying history, we can learn to develop more and more.

One of the coolest things about history, to me, is the fact that I can trace back my family name. You can track your ancestors to almost the beginning; you can even see when they came to America. History also can show us how America began and why people started to come here.

History can mean different things to different people, and to me, it means a lot. I feel as though we need to know where we have been to know where we are going.