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→Etymology: teaching
In English the word went into two different directions: "story", or chronologically-structured narrative, and "history", or discourse on human events.
In English the word went into two different directions: "story", or chronologically-structured narrative, and "history", or discourse on human events.
==Teaching==
History is a required subject in the schools of many countries, designed to provide a common intellectual heritage and pride in nationalism.
At the university level, history if very widely taught. In most of the world, history departments teach their own national history and a limited selection of other topics, such as Ancient History.
In the United States, history is a high prestige field, and is usually the most popular major, by far, at elite universities. History faculties, furthermore, teach a much wider range of topics and methodologies than counterparts in Europe or Asia. In terms of majors, men outnumber women by about 2:1.
In the lats 35 years, trends in teaching have emerged. Intellectual and diplomatic history has lost ground, while women's history has grown explosively. Economic history has in many cases migrated to economics departments, while political history has migrated to political science departments.
[[File:Historiog.jpg|thumb|300px|Trends in history departments]]
==Approaches==
==Approaches==