Importance of Studyin and Understanding History

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Importance of Studying and Understanding History.
Introduction
History involves the study of past events and prominent individuals or groups of people (Stearns). It is one of the art subjects that is taught in almost all academic institutions across all levels of learning. When the subject is taught well, it is beautiful and attractive though some of the people dislike it. It is essential for all individuals to learn and understand history due to a number of reasons as explained below.
History helps us to understand the trends or changes that have been occurring in society over time. This helps us to tell the origins of our community and can easily tell the future directions of our society in comparison with past events or generations (Stearns). History also gives a strong moral understanding of the communities. Through studying the stories regarding the past situations and individuals, it helps the history students to test their own moral senses and relate them to the existing complexities faced in the current societies.
Furthermore, studying history also helps in providing a clear identity of various groups of people in the society. The historical data involves evidence about the groups, families, institutions, and countries regarding their formation and origins (Stearns). Thus, this helps in giving a clear identification of the roots of different groups of people in society. It also helps in creating good citizenship in the society.

Studying and understanding history allows people in the community to understand the mistakes committed by their elders or grandparents and they try as much as possible to avoid repeating similar errors.
Conclusively, it is essential for everyone to study and understand history since it prevents us from repeating the similar mistakes that were committed by our predecessors, and helps students in their career growth.

Work Cited
Stearns, N. Peter. Why Study History? American Historical Association, n.d., <www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/historical-archives/why-study-history-(1998)> [Accessed on 05 Jan. 2019]