The Change of Students Vision of Events via History Essays

There is a wonderful book “Without a past there would be no future” written by Beulah Marrs Parisi. It describes a real state of facts, as past is the only condition that presupposes the future events appearance.

Moreover, those who do not know past do not deserve future, and it is the fact. That is why students in educational establishments are frequently asked to write history essays.

The significance of history essays is that students are able to think about past events from the present perspective.

Writing history essays, students should keep in minds that:

• History essays may never be imaginary.
• History essays must be supported with documents and trusted sources.
• Personal opinion can be expressed in history essays.
• The analysis and interpretation of history events is the main point for discussion in history essays.
• Modern perception of the past events in history essays is usually deformed as it is impossible for us to see what and how it happened thousand years ago.
• The comparison of the past events with some modern ones from the point of view of causes and effects can be dwelled upon in history essays.
• Conclusion of the history essays should contain the summary of information along with personal opinion on the discussed points.

So, history essays are such tasks that allow students to research different historical events, expressing their personal opinion on these events, making students conduct an analysis of events, and to discussing specialists’ viewpoint. History is full of mistakes and misunderstanding. Students should consider some events and give some arguments to support their personal opinion with sources and examples.