Does someone study history here?

Question

I need some help - when you study history you need to know many facts. However, all the books are written in a funny way - the information is in a terrible mess and it is difficult to organize it so that it makes some sense - how do YOU do it?

Answer 1

I use file cards. I write important dates, the subject (just a line or two) and the page and book name (that way when I need it, I can always look it up again at the library). Then I file them by the dates and countries......It helps, a lot!

sorta like this.....
1776 Revolutionary War
American History (blue book, 1st year)
Pg 188

when I filed it, it went under 1700-1800 American Histroy

Answer 2

Divide the period you're studying into fairly equal parts, i.e. decades or 50-year periods. Memorize the date of an important event that occurred at each interval. Then when you're studying the period in detail, you can relate the information and dates you meet to the framework you memorized. When I studied medieval history (500-1500), I used 50-year periods. For Europe since 1815, you might need decades.

Exam questions in history are often essays or one-word identifications. You can use your notes to foresee or make up questions, then rehearse the answers. What were the causes of the French revolution of 1789? What were strengths and weaknesses of the Union and the Confederacy in the Civil War? You write your essay answers the day before. Then adapt your essay answer to the question as it's asked on the exam. For one-word identifications, write a sentence; don't get carried away and write an essay. Look at the layout of the exam and do a quick estimate of how you're going to ration your time to each part.

Answer 3

Part of the problem is that you are "studying" rather than "learning." And the problem with history text books is that they are written for people to study rather than learn. Think of something you have learned. Like riding a bike. Did you study it? Nah. So the question now becomes how do you learn rather than how do you study. You learn something by taking an interest in it. You learned to ride the bike because you wanted to ride the bike. It was fun. Find a way to make history relevant, fun, and interesting and you will learn it. I have learned history through war games, historical novels, movies, etc. The History Channel does a great job of making history interesting and fun. There is but one problem with this approach. It does not help you "study" for the test you have to take in two weeks. Of course you can take a longer range view. I tested out of most of my required history courses in college because I had learned history. But "studying" for history tests was never any fun.

Answer 4

In order to study History you should start with a time line.
Choose a year or event and research it until you have all the facts.
Put the information on a time line. This will help you to remember important dates in History!

Answer 5

History books are usually written chronologically, and authors usually include lots of unrelated information that belong to the same time frame instead of classifying it by a certain genre or category that would have made it easier to read.

You might want to makes notes as you go through a text, classifying these information according to their categories such as "War", "New Technology", "Revolution" or "Society" and write the date of that event next to it as you go along. If you do this you'll get a list of classified historical events + chronological dates.

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

file or index cards. organized by dates -- year -- then month. what I thought was important anyway. but there were times when what I thought important was not to the professor. then there were also times when diligent research proved someone had made some errors in text books. this created a serious problem.

Answer 7

We learn background to understand the background of the era interior the international how substitute into the international build. If there is not any background then we heavily isn't in the international, to have the understanding of analyze, to enhance the ecosystem , the wellbeing , the race of persons the behaviour of persons , the way of existence , & etc.

Answer 8

I take notes while reading, then I organize my notes on a notepad, then I rank them by subject and read all again, then I start writing

Answer 9

one studies history to learn facts....
then applies those facts....

never study history with pre-conceived thoughts..

you organize history- not "HIS_STORY" but into your story.

Answer 10

i wish I could give you my college History teacher! He made it fun and easy to learn, I was amazed.
I never thought I'd enjoy history. till then.........