Why study History?

The subject allows us to understand our place in our local and national community, where we come from and what we have achieved. The study of history helps to widen our understanding of where we stand in the world and to shape it.

“History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.” Robert Penn Warren

As students develop their understanding of history they; ask and answer important questions, evaluate evidence, identify and analyse different interpretations of the past, and learn to support any arguments and judgements they make. They appreciate why they are learning what they are learning and can debate its significance.