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Why Study History? What Can A History Major Do? What Makes for a Good History Student?
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Why Study History? What Can A History Major Do? What Makes for a Good History Student?

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“History is important. If you don’t know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.” — Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States.

It’s About Seeing Patterns of Behavior

Students of history are no…

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