why do highschool students study history?
102782
to learn about the past
188319
I learned how to go through large amounts of information/reading in a short amount of time and not just go through it but summarize it and get to the essence/core of it. Specifically, my AP History teachers were VERY hard and assigned TONS of reading but this was extremely good preparation for law school. Not only do I think that it's good for law school but for any undergraduate level of  education and for any career one ends up pursuing. Good luck and good question!
340381
A lot of people are just not really well educated when it comes to politics. Many people get their entire knowledge of politics from TV and "the grapevine" and never take the time to really learn things.  Many people figure the American History and Government classes they took in high school are all they will ever need--- if they can even remember them.  I think it is a little bit sad.
573439
I don't think you have to know the history.  I think as long as long as you understand the concept, you get it.  I mean, for instance, look at government.  I bet no one knows the absolute, complete history of government, and still multiple brilliant minds work just fine.
607236
To understand that human beings can educate themselves.
1119983
Yeah, they're a pain, but they help people bring some of the ideas of a subject together, help the teacher determine the effort of the student and effectiveness the class. It also helps determine where students abilities lie and helps identify potential fields of work. Finally, it helps determine whether the person is college material and what type of college they should attend. Of course a lot of people say this is pigeon holing, but over-all the system works okay, and a better more efficient system hasn't been proven to accomplish these functions.
195206
Loved history classes.  Actually got better grades in them than I did in the "easier" classes.
1117979
To judge it.\n\nHistory comes from the latin word Histor, which means wise man or judge.\n\nMy role in history is to know it and judge how it affects me and my environment.\n\nAnd the reason for this is that the future doesn't have any meaning if it doesn't have a past.
503178
definitely mathematics, science and history. \n\nmathematics - because its the same in every other country. and the level of maths the student in america are learning at the age of 16 is the same for 14-year-old students in Malaysia.\n\nscience - well, its all because of my teacher really. she's good at relating what we learn to how we apply them in life. its a lot of fun. especially when u find out about things like.. the length from ur wrist to elbow is equivalent to the length from ur 2nd toe to heel. don't believe me? place ur feet at ur forearm now. they are of the same length!\n\nhistory - history is kinda boring.. the only fun part about history is, they historians look really really weird. so i spend most of my time laughing at them. if only the ppl in my history books look like paul walker or brad pitt or angelina jolie, then im sure i'd spent a lot more time appreciating how they look opposing to laughing at them. lol im mean.. i know that.
82596
Students learn much more when they go to different sources and research & gather information themselves as opposed to the teacher spoon-feeding them. Moreover, most of the times, researching about a topic is more fun for students. Therefore, it's an effective way for students to learn something new. As a similar example, consider the following. \n\nWhy should secondary school science teachers assign Practical Experiments to students?\n- Firstly, it's a lot more fun as opposed to studying from the textbook/notes only.\n- Secondly, We tend to remember the things we discvoer ON OUR OWN as compared to the things WE ARE TAUGHT. \n- Thirdly, when we research a topic, we read over a wide variety of materials. We, ususally, retain that knowledge for a longer time than we remember the information we were just provided, without making any effort.\n- Lastly & most importantly, when we researhc a topic, we DO understand it (even if with difficulty, we do understand it finally!!)\n\nThe same goes for Research Projects.
1085343
My university education is in history. To understand who we are, you need to understand who we were.
588428
um, what jacked up teacher did you have?  while some "old school" history teachers still teach the greatest generation theory of history (wwii and american superiority) most of the new breeds have taken a more "yeah, we made decisions which now seem horrible but at the time were made for these resons" approach.  i'm more of a "people are stupid and make the same stupid mistakes throughout history" type of teacher.  \n\nwe are to view ourselves as an evolving political system that is never accomplished, that learns from its own mistakes and those of other countries.  that means we can never judge our history by the policies of just one president or how we acted in one event, but the overall trend of our development as a people.\n\nand i think you or your teacher have some issues.  but then, people are stupid.....
940488
It varies among people.  Some folks are ready to roll right out of high school; others have had enough of the academic life and want to see something of how the real world works before diving back into academia.  One is likely to find that the real world is rather cruel to people without college degrees, and that may help motivate one to head back to school.
743082
I am a HIgh School Teacher and am familar with history day.\n\nThis is very negative, and I am not sure what it would promote.\nThey want obscure history that is interesting and inspiring. \nFind out some things about the Undreground Railroad, Lewis & Clark, the Whig Party. etc.   \nJim Jones is history but it is minor and without alot of merit.
704892
"History" is the written word. Before people recorded events etc. \nby some form of writing, they had songs & stories handed down from generation to generation. But these are only regarded as legends  as many were changed in the telling & re-telling.
1085908
The same importance as studying any history.  You study history to try and predict the future.
629473
What do you think Chinese children study in history - US history?  No, they study the dynasties of China.  What about Egyptian children?  Do they study the ancient Romans?  No, they study the history of the pharaohs on up to modern day Egypt.\n\nIf you live in America (or Great Britain, for that matter), you study the people and cultures who have influenced that society the most (Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, etc. - white folks mostly).  So in America, we study white folks.  I'm NOT saying blacks (or hispanics or native americans or anyone else) haven't made ANY contributions to our society.  I'm saying their contributions have been limited for reasons outside their control.\n\nRemember for most of the first 200 years or so that we were a country, black people and native americans were either enslaved or oppressed in other ways.  Given the chance, I believe we'll see more and more people from other backgrounds making their way into the history books in years to come.