Horrible Histories Essays

The Most Terrible Attack In History The Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair, in his speech, following September 11, 2001, clarifies the attack on September 11, 2001. Blair’s purpose is to have the nations join together. Blair’s speech was effective in persuading American citizens that nations must work together because Blair used ethos, pathos, and logos appeals. To begin, in paragraph twelve, Blair uses pathos to imply the sad emotion of sympathy. For example, the family members were sad that

lessons in U.S. History help us learn from the past in hopes that we make our future better. Knowing that you can not change the past helps shape our future, so nothing like that happens again. History shows us that people believe in different things and if it is strange to keep it to yourself. The history of the United States shaped the way we live today and how we became free and independent. Our history lead to other countries advancements in different areas. We learn from our history that we can

There were two crucial lessons I learned through my study of World History. Both of which will stay with me not only through my educational pursuit but with me through any field that I plan to pursue a career in. The first assignment that I have included is a set of notes that I took in World History. These were the notes taken that I planned to study off of to pass my upcoming exam. Being someone who was horrible at note taking and studying, I knew that this was my only option to passing

itself causes a sense of bias for every document that is read, as said documents could be written by an individual who did not like the Vikings or Polynesians; one could see this clearly in Document 1, Chapter 6, of Merry Wiesner’s text. Titled, History of the Archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen, the document refers to an incident when the Vikings, “landed in Saxony and devastated all the coastland of Frisia and Hadeln” (Adam of Bremen qtd. In Tschan 1). The document describes the Vikings as “barbarians”

which have occurred earlier. The theory of History repeating is as old as history itself, and is based on the need for humans to analyze their world in terms of these repetitive cycles and patterns. George Santayana, the renowned philosopher, once said, “Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” To view the world otherwise would be to ignore these patterns which are present throughout time. There is solace in the idea that history repeats itself, and for good or for worse, can

As an Armenian I have often been exposed to the history of my ancestors, particularly relating to the genocide of 1915.The story of my great-grandparents’ escape, aided by a Turkish family, showed that history is very much about the relation between humans. To enhance our understanding of the present, the study of past civilizations, individuals and events is crucial. The past has shaped the society we live in now, and through close analysis of historical events such as the Holocaust, we can better

The modern historian faces many problems when relying on Herodotos’ Histories as a documentation of colonisation in the Archaic Greek Period. Herodotos’ accounts of the origins of a polis usually have some mythical interpretation; it is this focus on the blending of supernatural and geo-political elements that makes The Histories such a valuable source of anthropological insight. The term colonisation is a dubious one; it calls to mind a population simply moving from place to place, yet the Greeks

Memoirs such as The Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian and All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein are examples of well written, and historically significant sources of literature. They bring history to life by filling in the facts of the event with emotion and personal experience. While most people would agree that reading an interesting story is more fulfilling and interesting that reading facts from a historian’s text book, there are some draw backs when using only memoirs as a source for information

falls into the laps of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Army. I knew this as well, but I originally took this information and let myself believe that all Germans during this time were horrible people. Not only did I hate the Nazis, I also hated the German people for not doing anything to stop them. I looked at this part of history from one perspective for so long that I didn’t realise that something bothered me about it until now. Every time my attention was brought back to the Holocaust in school, a question

History affords us the invaluable pleasure of being able to look at and examine the lives of individuals who have come before us. Sometimes however, these pleasures are not so pleasurable. The lives of history’s individuals are sometimes dark, twisted, and full of heinous atrocities but when one looks closely enough, they might find something that a lot of people choose to overlook. For the person who chooses to listen, history will teach them that even the most despicable figures, the ones that

past. Unlike many countries, the United States has, comparably, a short past. Moreover, what history there is can be hard to connect to. One of the few events that seem to capture the hearts and minds of (some) americans, is the civil war. However, like all wars, it is more important what comes after. This is referred to as the Reconstruction Era, and is one of the more interesting periods in american history. The Reconstruction was an attempt to put the broken south back together again, with many differing

History class to many falls as a just another boring lesson, memorizing facts you will never use. The year America got it’s independence, the dates of the end of World War 1 and 2- all forgotten by the time you graduate. These facts may seem useless, but behind each one, their is a story with so many valiant people, a story with people who must be forever condemned, and facts that we can always use. In the book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, written by James L. Swanson, there is one such story about

how history is constantly changing throughout time with new discoveries of evidence. The biography on a persons life is never fully finished. Many people thought one specific way about Richard III; he was a murderer of his brothers and nephews, he was a horrific looking person and all that he wanted was the throne. However, many years later in 1951, new information came from a story by Josephine Tey. She completely contradicts what most history books were saying about Richard III. History can

from telling their stories before (Snell). Other origins swear Mary was a girl murdered behind an elementary school, or maybe a reference to Mary Tudor, who is known for her bloody sovereignty against the Protestants in the early 16th century (Tudor History). Whatever the true origin, Bloody Mary is a truly chilling tale of what can happen when the living cross paths with the

the United States becoming what it is today. Some of the more notable historical moments included learning about the Triangle Trade, the Boston tea Party, and the American Revolution War. When students learned about all these memorable events in history, they are never going into the actual details on how the colonies survived and funded these events. Let alone funding, students realized the amount of desire and passion put forth by the founders to rise against Great Britain. Looking back in time

said, “You cannot make a Revolution in white gloves”, meaning that creating a Revolution is not an easy task. Revolutionaries have to be ready to get their hands dirty to fix a problem, in order to start seeing a change in the future. All throughout history we have seen many revolutions come about around the world. Two Revolutions that clearly exemplified the meaning of having to work hard for a revolution (what Vladimir Lenin said) are both the Mexican and the Cuban Revolution. The Mexican Revolution

Introduction The New Testament is written in a Greco-Roman setting, this offers some challenges when reading in a modern context. Words like patronage and benefactor have high value in the Greco-Roman society but almost no value inside a modern society. It is necessary to understand the culture it is written in and for, to create applications into a modern context. This paper will expose some of the challenges Christianity had in the Greco-Roman world, but also the opportunities this world gave evangelism

The movie Agora, directed by Alejandro Amenabar, focuses on many historical themes. It is quite prominent that many of those can be seen as prevalent in historical and modern times. The movie shows how events unfurled in the late fourth century C.E. It is striking how it portrays the misuse of religion by large groups in those events. For instance, Amenabar’s portrayal of that era shows religion being used to justify throwing a man onto fire, almost burning him. Religion is also used by characters

The book, Biography and History by Barbara Caine, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. This work explored and discussed the complex relationship between history and biography, the changes within the field of biography over time, and acts as an essential introduction for contemporary biographers. While there are many areas that are repeated and stressed throughout the book, the main argument supports the legitimacy of biography as a field both within the field of history and in its own right

A wise man once said, “whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.” (Machiavelli). Indeed, the history of the epic plays an important role in comparing and contrasting the past and present values. The epic of Gilgamesh attempts to describe the moral ideas and standards of behavior of ancient Sumerians which are similar examples that move ahead for years to come. Some of the examples are gender divisions and the idea of the male