4. Marwick’s statement “History is tothe community as memory isto the
individual,” is a broad, but verifiable reason to study history. Connected to Marwick's
idea is the fact that history enable people to make decisions about the present, history can
promote tolerance and multicultural awareness and also history is a subject to natural
curiosity,
‘The study of history allows people to create solutions to contemporary problems.
For example by learning about the Vietnam War itis possible to make an educated