What is a lesson that we should learn from history?
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Some people says it's important to study history because it repeats itself.  Some people say it doesn't exactly repeat, but it rhymes.  In any case, it's important to understand what has gone on so you can understand what is happening.  \n\nFor example:\n\n1)  Our founding fathers studied history and knew what caused great empires and dynasties to fail.  They came up with the three branches of government that made our constitution really stable with our checks and balances.  \n\n2)  The world was horrified by the ethnic killing of the holocaust during Nazi Germany.  It took some time and effort, but the UN finally stepped in to stop the ethnic killing in Bosnia, Kosovo, and is working on Sudan.\n\nHere are some issues to think about as you ponder about the future...\n\nRemember the Crusades?  Those were the deadly campaigns between the Christians and Muslims.  Is that history repeating itself?\n\nWhat caused the Athenian Empire to crumble?  Was it the exceedingly expensive and protracted war against Sparta?  Did that have anything to do with Al Quaeda wanting to bankrupt the US by guerilla warfare?
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Those who have not learned the past are said to repeat it in the future. Answer 1 should gain full marks for being so short and concise on his answer. This lesson should be told to future generations, so they may know and not repeat the horrific actions of their fellow man.
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Those that gave me opportunity to think, to think for myself.  I appreciated language courses.\n\nEverything we need to learn about life we have learned in kindergarten.  By the time of high school, the most important class will be how we relate to teachers and to other students.  So we learn to get along with those who agree with us and with those who disagree.
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the role of history ed is to help u understand what people went throw, go throw, what happened in the past is VERY important so that we can prevent it in the future!it is there so that we learn our rights & understand that life isn't easy & that we got to do our best to help everyone and so that we can live better and progress history is a VERY important subluct to learn & if U have an awesome history teacher it can also be EASY,  sorta fun, & sorta interesting!
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The history of the United States is something everyone who lives here should know. How the people before us devoted their lives and some times died so that a country could be born. The people back then had interesting lives and it is informative to look at them from our perspective because we are living in the fruits of their labor.
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I think the role of social studies is to learn from the past and not to repeat the mistakes. It also makes us comprehend and anaylze specific situations in diffrent time periods.
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They taught something like this (don't know if it was this) in my school when we learnt about nazi germany, what was that quote about those who do not learn their history are doomed to repeat it.....
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Cuz the teachers are boring! But I agree with Holly T that history is fascinating to learn cuz it will show you the fact of life. Why things happened this way and that way. Further more history does make and shape recent the world.
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It means we can learn from our past mistakes , past glories , past achievements or failures , but we cant live in past , we have to be in present to live in it , and make use of what we have learned from the past !\nhope this helps\nBest regards
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Please teach! Education is history, in all areas of the curricula, history plays an important role. I hope you enjoy working with children.
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It doesn't.  It is important to study the past so we can learn from the collective experience of the human race.  That way we can avoid repeating mistakes, and try to repeat sucessful choices.
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Talk about history, what it represents, and what it means to you.
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It's important to learn from the past and to be knowledgeable about history. This website might help a little more.
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Do you think we'll learn our lesson this time for more than five minutes?
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My university education is in history. To understand who we are, you need to understand who we were.
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To learn from it, in more ways than one.
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learn from your experience