World History
History Quotes This is a nice collection of history quotes which have been compiled by Jeff Coons.
From the site:
What follows are a series of quotations about history and the historian's craft. They have been culled from a variety of sources and they appear here in totally random order. Their purpose is to incite, energize and stimulate your historical imagination.
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"'History,' Stephen said, 'is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.'" James Joyce
"Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to interest it intelligently in the past, then all their historical learning is valueless except in so far as it educates themselves." G. M. Trevelyan.
"To each eye, perhaps, the outlines of a great civilization present a different picture. In the wide ocean upon which we venture, the possible ways and directions are many; and the same studies which have served for my work might easily, in other hands, not only receive a wholly different treatment and application, but lead to essentially different conclusions." Jacob Burckhardt
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity." Cicero
"The past is useless. That explains why it is past." Wright Morris
"Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue. The narrator must seek to imbue himself with the life and spirit of the time. He must study events in their bearings near and remote; in the character, habits, and manners of those who took part in them. He must himself be, as it were, a sharer or a spectator of the action he describes." Francis Parkman
- History Quotes
History Quotes. There is a good collection of history quotes up at Uncover the Net. I might add that I am surprised that I have been quoted! Here are a few sample quotes: There is properly no history; only biography. By Ralph Waldo Emerson on Biography...
- Systematics In Prehistory Ebook
Systematics in Prehistory ebook - Robert C. Dunnell questions the validity of the concepts and assumptions of scientific classification of prehistoric societies based upon artifacts. A hypertext companion to the book with the same title that features...
- Historical Criticism
Historical Criticism. This is another reprint of a public domain source dealing with history. This one is from the 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia. From the site: Historical criticism is the art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts...
- Teaching Historical Thinking.
Teaching Historical Thinking. Students don't come to class ready to think about history. This paper examines ways that a teacher can teach historical thinking. From the site: Over the past decade, cognitive studies researcher Samuel Wineburg...
- The Three Teachings: Confucianism, Taoism, & Legalism
Here is a great teacher site for learning about Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism complete with short video clips, quotes from each of the philosophies, and a chart to analyze the meaning of some of the quotes. Thanks to David Koerner fro tweeting...
World History
History Quotes
History Quotes This is a nice collection of history quotes which have been compiled by Jeff Coons.
From the site:
What follows are a series of quotations about history and the historian's craft. They have been culled from a variety of sources and they appear here in totally random order. Their purpose is to incite, energize and stimulate your historical imagination.
* * *
"'History,' Stephen said, 'is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.'" James Joyce
"Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to interest it intelligently in the past, then all their historical learning is valueless except in so far as it educates themselves." G. M. Trevelyan.
"To each eye, perhaps, the outlines of a great civilization present a different picture. In the wide ocean upon which we venture, the possible ways and directions are many; and the same studies which have served for my work might easily, in other hands, not only receive a wholly different treatment and application, but lead to essentially different conclusions." Jacob Burckhardt
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity." Cicero
"The past is useless. That explains why it is past." Wright Morris
"Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may be detailed with the most minute exactness, and yet the narrative, taken as a whole, may be unmeaning or untrue. The narrator must seek to imbue himself with the life and spirit of the time. He must study events in their bearings near and remote; in the character, habits, and manners of those who took part in them. He must himself be, as it were, a sharer or a spectator of the action he describes." Francis Parkman
- History Quotes
History Quotes. There is a good collection of history quotes up at Uncover the Net. I might add that I am surprised that I have been quoted! Here are a few sample quotes: There is properly no history; only biography. By Ralph Waldo Emerson on Biography...
- Systematics In Prehistory Ebook
Systematics in Prehistory ebook - Robert C. Dunnell questions the validity of the concepts and assumptions of scientific classification of prehistoric societies based upon artifacts. A hypertext companion to the book with the same title that features...
- Historical Criticism
Historical Criticism. This is another reprint of a public domain source dealing with history. This one is from the 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia. From the site: Historical criticism is the art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts...
- Teaching Historical Thinking.
Teaching Historical Thinking. Students don't come to class ready to think about history. This paper examines ways that a teacher can teach historical thinking. From the site: Over the past decade, cognitive studies researcher Samuel Wineburg...
- The Three Teachings: Confucianism, Taoism, & Legalism
Here is a great teacher site for learning about Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism complete with short video clips, quotes from each of the philosophies, and a chart to analyze the meaning of some of the quotes. Thanks to David Koerner fro tweeting...