Question

why is there a need to categorise history?

Answer 1

"But history is all around you!"

What would sports medicine be without medicine? What would music be without Beethoven? In every subject that my students threw at me, there was a tie to history. Because there is history behind everything.

In fact, the question itself is a relatively recent phenomenon. Many cultures throughout time have not questioned the study of history; it was simply part of the rounded curriculum. Ancient cultures devoted a significant amount of time and effort to study history, believing that the past helps a child understand who he or she is as a person. It also helped them to understand their place in society and how to become contributing members. In fact, many courts employed historians to record the activities of the monarch and his/her reign, and it was a very prestigious position.

Everywhere you look, there is history. From old houses to haunted asylums, from your great-grandmother's antique dresser to family photos, and from the transition from miles of farmland to miles of skyscrapers, there is history: alive, breathing, and waiting to be heard.

Aside from that, there are a lot of great reasons that we should study history and encourage schools to continue to teach history to our children.