What are some jobs for people who have an interest in history?

Question

I was just wandering what some available jobs were out there for people who have a passion in history. i want to become a history teacher, but i want to know my options

Answer 1

Besides teaching, there are a lot of options. Obviously one is to carry on toa Ph.D. and be one of the people writing history, not just teaching it.

"Public history" is a growing field--and includes a numbr of things (some do require specialized training but that is usually available as a specialty within a regular history program):

Historic preservation
Museum work--including research, preservation, teaching, reconstruction (restoring and creating displays, for example).
Reenactment (the sort you see where people work in historic sites taking the roles of the people who lived in the past).
Skills specialties are often part of this--I, for example, know how to make candles and to weave.

Some things are "topical"--historic railroads have to have qualified historians to maintain accuracy. many local historic societies and groups rely on professional historians for guidance.

Archival work--this is a specialty area. But archives are not just collections of old papers. These have to be organized--and archivists' knowledge of what's acutally in an archive is often critical to the success of the research efforts of historians.

Popular history--whether in terms of writing books or working with projects such as the PBS series "American Experience" and "history Detective"--and much of what you see on the History Channel. I know some historians who work with this kind of history presentation--many are noted scholars; others focus on the ways material can be presented in video form.

Finally, there is "interdisciplinary" stuff. Many historians also are involved in other social sciences or related fields--I've done work in sociology and public policy, for example. Some people combine archaeology and history, or anthropology ad history--these areas open up whole new sets of options.
And last, but very definately not least: "oral history"-this is a branch of history that relies on finding and interviewing people who actually lived the events a historian is interested in. This can be especially fascinating. For example, I once had the opportunity to meet with the man who commanded the famous "Tuskeegee Airmen" fighter pilot squadron of World War 2--the only sqadron of African-Amrican pilots at the time. They were assigned the job of flying cover for bombers--and earned the unique distiction of never losing a single bomber under their protection. That man was quiet, soft-spoken, friendly--and without doubt had the most forceful personality of anyone I have ever met in my life.

History covers the whole of human experience-is endlessly fascinating because of that--and I've left off more things than I mentioned.

Answer 2

Big demand in government jobs for researchers - people who know where to look for facts and figures, who are literate, good with writing skills, articulate, professional in their approach.

Depends on what history you are studying too. For example the Government Foreign Affairs Department looks for people who have a background knowledge of different countries - the history, the people and the importance of that history in relation to the Western world. It also helps if you can speak another language.

People who study history are not only good with reading and facts, but also understand a great deal about back ground situations in International Relations.

I even hear that history teachers can make good politicians and good national leaders?

If your going to do a history degree, know what your in for, be prepared to do ALOT of reading and alot of time at the library. Be also prepared to get completely sick of it and just want to throw up ur hands and walk away.

Answer 3

Besides history teacher, you could be a curator at a museum, or perhaps look into political options as well. Talk to your counselor or a history professor--I'm sure they'll come up with some great ideas.

Answer 4

You could be a researcher for history. But a history teacher sounds fun!

Answer 5

History Teacher
Museum
Tutor
can't think of anything else

Answer 6

Check with educational administration in each state for jobs, locations, salary and what grades, another for past history archeologists,people,cultures,animal, whether it be in ground or sea. also shark== Like in Montana they found skeletons of shark.

Answer 7

The CIA loves to talk to history majors, no kidding.

Answer 8

Maybe a muesem or something like that.