Designed for the Australian Curriculum Year 7 History Course. Discover the incredible wonders of history in this presentation. Pictures of historical civilisations, what is history? why study history?

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34. Jot down and discuss…
- What do you already know about
history? Jot down a few points.
- What images and historical periods
from the slides looked most
interesting?

35. The study of the
past
Useful in our
modern world
Fun &
Interesting!
History is…
A way of
studying how
people thought
and felt
A record of how people
lived, loved, died and
left a legacy
The record of
our human
story
The study of
wonderful places
and great people

36. So we can
understand the
world in which we
live.
So we can develop
the skills and
perspectives we
need to understand
our world.
Why study
History?
So we can learn from
successes and
mistakes of the past
to make a better
future.
So we can learn
about people and
ideas that have
shaped the world.

37. History is the witness that testifies to the
passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes
memory, provides guidance in daily life and
brings us tidings of antiquity.
- Cicero
To be ignorant of the past is to remain a child.
paraphrase from an observation by Cicero
- Cicero
This I regard as history's highest function, to
let no worthy action be uncommemorated,
and to hold out the reprobation of posterity
as a terror to evil words and deeds.
- Tacitus