What is history and how do we do it?
History is the past. It is however prevalent that our generation, who is going to to be at the forefront of technological advances in the 21st century, does not forget it and learns from our predecessors mistakes. We can do history by reading historical journals, letters, and examining photos from previous generations. Understanding what life was like and how far we as a race have come is essential for our children and our children’s children to avoid following in our ancestors footsteps and improve the world we live in which through our parents generation humans have began to destroy. Learning history through the perspective of real people who lives in previous eras will help us to decide how we want our generation to be remembered for in the futures history texts. Memorizing dates and names is not how history is done, it is done by understanding why people did what they did in their time period and how their lives differ from ours. In order to make history you must first understand it. I honestly at time wish i lived in previous generations just to be a part of movements so historically compelling and fascinating. To be part of the generations that saved the world from tyranny or that changed the face of the industrial world would be amazing. Instead I live in the age of technology, moral injustice, and complaining. I hope one day my generation can live up to the potential we were born into. We can not choose the time we live in all we can do is decide what to do with the time that is given.