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Article: History and computers: the views from selected social studies journal.
- Article from:
- The Social Studies
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
- Author:
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History is a method, a particular way, of studying the record of human experience. It is also a body of information ... basic to each and every other branch of learning" (Handlin 1967, 8). This statement comprises three essential aspects of the definition of history: history as the past itself, history as a body of knowledge of past events, and history as a particular method for studying and interpreting the past and constructing meaning from events. If one is seeking the most thorough and well-rounded conceptualization of history, all three aspects are equally essential to the definition and, in fact, reinforce each other.
Doubtless, many educated people are at ...