How do Historians Learns About the Past

Historians learn about the past life, or the people from the past, by following the historical method. Any  genuine historian has to use this method to unlock the secrets from the past, because if you don't  the object/artifact that you discoverd may be fake {someone could have easily planted it there.} The historical method includes five steps which as a historian you need to follow. First step is to gather all the sources, including the primary sources, as well as the secondary sources {they both will help you.} Second step is to categorize the sources, if its a writen source {this may include letters, speeches, diaries etc.} or an nonwriten source {which would be an arifacts, tombs, monuments etc.} Third step is to evaluate their sources, ask themselves the five W's {who, what, where, when, why.} Fourth step is to interpret their information/findings if it looks real or if it is old, to which culture or group of people did it belong, so on. And the 5th and last step is to share their findings/theories to there colleagues, and other historians. As you can see being a historians is tough, but if you know where to look and follow these rules you'll end up finding something valuble you just shouldn't give up.

One thing thats confusing about the historical method is that its not really a method used to figure out if an object/artifact is a sham or not {although you can use it that way.}But it's a method used to figure out if your theory was right

In the Past Where Did Humans Tend to Settle and Why?

In the past the biggest population of people tended to settle in the areas that would best suit there farm, because they didn't have restaurant and stores that would make there lives easy like we do, they had to do it all them selves. So by saying this they of course needed to find a place where the climates good, this was the biggest prioraty/worry they had when choosing a place to live, because how could they grow food if its all try and every living thing is falling apart and dying, or the exact oppisite where its to rainy and nothing can die because it didn't even grow out yet. So basicly they needed to find a place that would balance out the rain and to sun. The second thing they looked for in the area that they wanted to settle in was the topography, if the place had to much mountains or the dry season was to long stuff like that. So they had a very difficult job when it came to setteling in places. Also keep in mind that most of the cities we have today were made from farms where are ancisters use to work hard everyday to get supplies they needed to survive one more day. I will repeat once more that when it came to picking a place to live there where a lot of needs that had to be fulfilled {in other words, it was a hard job to do.}

People from the past are more clever then we think

What Is History And Why Do We Study It?

I think that history is made up from events in the past {it may not mean that it is long in the past but its still considered history} which may help you with the near future. History can focus on the ideas of people, also there successes or failures, which like i said before can help us now in the modern day, because we know what to do and, what not to do. Also a lot of people in the past helped us make a brighter future. Like Nikola Tesla, well he literally helped us brighten the world because he invented lightbulbs, but i think you get what i'm trying to say. We study history to have global awareness, because you can offend a person, not meaning to, for example you say a joke but in his culture or belief thats offensive. By this way you can also start war, not knowing why it started in the first place, thats why we need global awareness, and have to study history.
Now you tell me why is history important to you

An amazing video a teacher made to her class why they should study history, defiantly worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgmNkYUL_Cw&feature=related