According to the author Crabtree, the history play the important role in our life. Everything needs to deal with the past circumstances. In the article “The Important of History,” the author explains what history is, and how it matters. Firstly, he gives an example of the argument of 2 kids that they fight together. Therefore, as a parent, we need to determine what actually happened, use the general knowledge to find the fair ways to solve the problems and make the children realize their mistakes. In addition, the author shows that the doctor also need the history record of the victim to find a good ways to help the patient. Moreover, he also shows that people who can control the history of the country, so they can control the present of the country such as The Russian Communists. In 1917, Russia changed the history in the way that they wanted it to be and taught Soviet children the unreal history. Secondly, the author briefly explains the definition of history by listing two key words “significant” and “true.” “Significant is determined by the historian” that have been simplified. However, no one could determine the fact is truth or not because they could not record the event in the past. Next, “Truth” is not absolutely truth in the history because the historians deal with supporting details from the facts. Moreover, they always record the history by their own point of view and use the facts to build his case. According to the Columbus story, Marshall and Zin have a different ways to explain their point of view. While Marshall believed Columbus succeed in his journey was due to the fact that he was a representative of God, but he mistook two problems which were the mistreatment with Indians and the eagerness to collect gold, Zin stated that Columbus was a oppressors and claimed Columbus as an malevolent explorer whose main purpose of the voyage was to expand his property. Finally, the author highlighted the purpose of learning history and its values....