It's Not About Memorization - How to Study History

How to learn about history effectively? How could one gain a holistic view of historical studies? Is memorization necessary for great historical studies?

[_veselin_]

overview:

1. read the entire story
2. make a timeline
3. memorize the most important things
4. repeat 1, 2 and 3 until you know it.

[StephenAndAshling]

This video is fundamental. I'm a history phd student and this video is the back bone of physically studying history.

[ceyhunyavuz]

It's helpful for students like me that do not know how to be more successful at history exams. Thanks a lot.

[studycorner]

For me, how I got very good at history is I look up videos on the topic, I get engaged like this guy said in the video, and I take few notes. For me, watching video that summarizes the topic up helps me a lot. I used to look at Hamilton(the musical) and it helped me so much in history class because I was engaged and I looked at it from a different perspective.
Instead of looking at it like it’s School Work, I looked at it like it’s a movie or something interesting. It helps me memorize much more better!
Thanks to this guy, I’m in AP classes, thank you!

[inquisitive]

It would have been great if someone had explained this to me when I was in school. I've avoided reading history coz I get overwhelmed by every detail thank you so much! This will be helpful when I read history from now on! Insha Allah.

[moshefabrikant]

6:00
Ask yourself question why you do what you do.
And move forward to make it so the story is interesting
9:00
Understand the basic field
9:20
Learn the backbone of time like a to b don't worry about details then read it again
Understand the fundamentals of the subject you learn

[aroomforepsilon]

One way I view learning is that there are different levels, and learners do different things at different levels. I would say that memorizing facts is a level 0 activity, associating the facts together is a level 1 activity, creating hypothesis is a level 2 activity, and defending that hypothesis is a level 3 activity. I'm sorry if my argument is poorly explained; I'm actually very new to studying history and I came here for some ideas on how to go about that. Thanks for the insight.

[startaplin]

What’s useful about knowing history is that it gives you context for the documents made around the time period studied and helps you gain perspective on what’s being said or written and evaluate the bias of the people making it while also seeing the repetition of patterns in human history and make connections, it’s truly wonderful.

[squidbread]

You are a life savor. I went from a 4.0 to a 6.6 in less than a year! It’s still hard, but it’s easier than before. Thank you :)

[linroberts]

I am studying for Texes 7-12 social studies exam. R.C. you definitely saved me time. I'm open to any one of you professionals in history to help me study so I can past this test and get a job.

[roisin]

i struggle hardcore with leaving all the little details alone. i feel like i need to know everything all at once and retain every piece of information forever as soon as i read it.

[markrutte]

watching this for my class. never understood how tf to get into history. fuck the education system

[aditidey]

Well I saw somewhere that a farmer learned watermelon farming through youtube videos. That was the moment I got the feeling that yes youtube can help you learn things which are important for life. I am a history student from India. Never liked this education system and always thought of changing it. Infact I have to the point where I have started disliking history. Because all my college teach is how to mug up. They literally say mug up so that you can be the first. Every subject exists for a purpose. And you taught the way to discover it rather than just mugging it up. Thanks a lot.

[boopalansubaldunmanss]

Thanks for reinforcing the way to study history. Did mistake of not pre reading. movies, videos, websites is good way to learn also. Understanding backbone is key

[cherryjuice]

I love to study history because of history teachers themselves. My history teacher in freshman year had a strange way of showing us the events. For explaining war, he made group of students represent certain countries and ask us how we feel when we get attacked and what we want to do.

[farbodrad]

Bravo! Bravo! I signed in to say thank you. The video is rather “comprehensive” than short (as you repeat the word), but I was enjoying how authentic and from-the-heart you spoke! 3 am here and 12-mins of time well spent :-)

[salinamu]

This video is gold. Your words make viewers sense your passion and complete understanding of history as a subject. In other words, it's like you "have it figured out", as some say. I applaud you for explaining your path in a logical and inspiring way so that others may improve their relationship with a subject you value so much. Well done, and thank you!

[princetundee]

Dude, you’re so brilliant and so good at communicating💯💯💯

[mattreichmann]

This video has a very simple premise --
Understand the relationships between historical figures and events, rather than the events and figures in an isolated form.
Only when you understand the relationships between things or "subthings" within events, you should start thinking about the details. When understanding the relationships between events, you'll start noticing the facts come to you pretty easily.

I do need to say, Robin, that I'm thoroughly enjoying your content. I stumbled upon your channel this evening and have wathced like 20 videos already. I'm a computer science/math/physics student currently doing two bachelor's degree, but my true passion lies in history and politics. I have a huge array of books just sitting at home, and I've been unmotivated to fully read any of them. Your videos have shown me the thing I was missing -- the reminder that reading can be done as a learning experience, and not just a reading experience.
Taking notes and making summaries is something I attributed to reading papers and doing things for school, but for one reason or another, it never crossed my mind that I could sit at home reading a some book, and take notes at the same time, concluding what I learned and making connections between the ideas in the books I read, through careful notetaking.

Lots of love, keep up the amazing work

[NotJamie]

I noticed this last school year when I took US History! It was the first history class I ever took, so at first I kept trying to memorize everything and it was super overwhelming and not very fulfilling. A few months into the year, I started really learning about different times in history, seeing how each event affected society and the world at large. Especially during second semester, I really started fully engaging in the class and always got the top score in the class for each test without studying for hours.