Topic: Meaning and Relevance of History

ACTIVITY: MAKING MEANING

Directions: Define the word “HISTORY” using the dictionary, enumerate word synonyms and
antonyms, cite meaning from historian or field expert, find quote related to the meaning of the word.
Then, make your own meaning based from the information gathered.

 A chronological record of significant  Chronicle  Future

events (such as those affecting a nation  Record  Present
or institution) often including an  Annals  Today
explanation of their causes  Tale  Now
- Meriam Webster Dictionary
 Memoir  Moment
 The past events concerned in the  Yesteryear  Tomorrow
development of a particular place,  Past  Futurity
subject, etc.
- Oxford Dictionary

 Thus, the best and most concise  “History is an account,

definition of history is: The bodies of mostly false, of events,
knowledge about the past produced by
mostly unimportant, which
historians, together with everything
that is involved in the production, are brought about by rulers,
communication of, and teaching about mostly knaves, and soldiers,
that knowledge.
- Professor Arthur Marwick, History Professor
mostly fools.”
- Ambrose Bierce, Historian

 History generally used to know the insights regarding past occasions, things,
and substantially more. These are helpful to comprehend and get to know
what happened before. Individuals can comprehend history from a few assets,
like papers, antiquities, books, letters, and considerably more. An individual
who dissects and concentrates on history is known as an antiquarian. There
are different kinds of history, for example, Political, Social, Military History.

References:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/history

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/history

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/history

https://archives.history.ac.uk/history-in-focus/Whatishistory/marwick1.html

https://www.keepinspiring.me/history-quotes/