History,however, has more to offer than this. History is about men and women. Humans have not changed materially over the centuries, so History is the humane study par excellence. It will be a sad day when it is no longer relevant to study humanity. One learns from History that men's motives may not be either what they declare them to be, nor even what they genuinely believe then to be .
History involves a critical examination of sources of information.
For a democratic society, History has an even greater importance. If we want pupils to develop understanding and to be adaptable in a changing world, we must offer them unlimited opportunity for disputing the point of view of others. History provides this in a form that can only benefit the debator. It cannot damage the subject because the subject is in the past. Through historical studies the pupil is conditioned to reason from evidence rather than accept unquestioningly the views of others.