What history teaches us?

answers1: The importance of learning history is so that "We" as the
people dont make the same mistakes as people did in the past, and also
to emulate successful models. This can be applied to single
individuals as well as entire nations.History also helps us understand
people and societies. <br>
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George Santayana - "Those who do not remember the past are condemned
to repeat it."
answers2: For one it teaches us who we are and where we come from. I
don't mean as individuals but rather as nations, states, cultures,
etc. It would be too easy for a kid to think that the country they
grew up in has been around forever in the form they've always know it
in. But history teaches that kid how their country came into being and
everything it went through to become the nation they know in the
present. <br>
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For another it teaches us how our ancestors lived and what events were
like while they were alive, how those events may have affected their
lives.
answers3: learn from mistakes, know our cultures and backgrounds,
forgot what else :S
answers4: It really helps us understand who we are. If you are
explaining who YOU are to someone, you usually tell them your history.
If we want to understand who we are as a society or country we have to
understand our history. History also makes us think critically and
question people's biases. Plus history is really fun (I am a dork
though).