1 Hi I am Lindy and we are here to do geography and history Not that good an impression, but close-ish)

2 Our wiki I will put copies of all the documents we use But there will be other things in the wiki too – links to quizzes and games – links to interesting stuff for you to look at. There are also some other pages on this – such as Star Homeworks (fairly obvious – it is the display board that virtual classrooms do not possess!) and History in the News – every now and then, there are interesting discoveries that I add as they occur. This particularly applies to you guys as we do a module on archaeology towards the end of the year, and there have been several important finds recently.

3 What we will be doing The year will be divided up into 5 units Unit 1: The Normans – is a long unit. Unit 2: But we do have a gap around Christmas where we cover the history of Christmas and the festivities in different ages Unit 3: Weapons and warfare through the Ages Unit 4: The history of Native Americans Unit 5: What is archaeology?

4 First of all we will be looking at Unit 1 The first lesson will introduce you to the idea of what history is, and how we find out about it. It will explain the difference sorts of evidence you can find, and suggest ways in which you can work out if it is useful and reliable, From then on we will look at the United Kingdom from the time that William the Conqueror arrived. This whole unit falls roughly into 3 sections. The first section is all about how William came to become King of England and what he did to make sure it stayed that way! Next we look at life in of the ordinary people and also the Knights and Lord’s of the Manor. The last section looks as 3 very different important events, which illustrate power and influence and change over the Norman period.

5 What is history?

6 We think of it as being about Kings Battles Famous people and what they got up to And …

7 It is also about …. People from previous times Where they lived What they did and how and why they did it The communities they lived in How they were organised

8 For us it is about answering questions like How did we get to where we are now? Where did our ideas come from? What are the reasons for troubles in the world today? Where does it all fit in? Timelines And ….

9 How do we know about it? What do you think? But where did the book get it from?

10 These are pieces of historical evidence. What are they?

11 Sources Historians are like detectives They work with evidence Sources are pieces of information that give us evidence about people or events

12 So what are the different sources? From artefacts – objects that were used at the time, made by people, for instance tools, pots etc. From pictures, paintings and as we will see embroidery From treaties, laws and other written material, like diaries From books written later From oral records – more use in later history once ways to record sound was invented

13 Collecting evidence sounds like being a detective Let’s see how good your are at being history detectives!

14 Historical Detectives. A bag has been found. It contained various items. We can use these items to discover what the owner is like. This is using the evidence from artifacts.

15 This Is The First Object. What is it? Where is it? Who might this be? Writing on the back says “Write back soon, love Angelina.” There was part of a letter with it. Would you like to read it?

16 Dear Patty, Thanks for your letter. My teacher has arranged pen pals for all of the class. I hope one day we can meet each other but it is long way from Mexico City to Frome. Perhaps we could meet in the middle…..

17 So, What Do We Know So Far? What clues have we had? Can we start to make assumptions? Who might the owner be?

18 Here Is The Next Object. This is a pin badge. What is it? Why would you have one? What does this tell you about the owner?

19 What Does This Object Tell Us? Do you know what it is? What does this tell us about the persons character? Remember we are only making ASSUMPTIONS! These may not be FACTS!

20 The Final Item in the Bag is.. What is this? IS it what you think it is? What does it tell us about the owner of the bag? Does the rest of the information help us to decide what it might be for?

21 Time to decide..put all the clues together…. Be a historical detective. Describe who the bag belongs to. You either write it in your notes and then read it out or type in the textbox

22 What kind of evidence? The evidence is a source of information We call it a primary source if it an artefact or picture or something from the time itself It is a secondary source if it was produced later, like a book or a play or even a painting

23 Primary Source – Evidence that was produced at the time of the event Secondary Source – Evidence that was produced after of the event An ancient Greek vase A book 1999 A newspaper from 1945 An interview with a lady about her memories of World War 2

24 What kind of evidence Some sources just give the facts of what happened But many others included ideas about what the person thinks about it This is then an opinion Quite often, while telling you what they think, they will take one side or the other This is bias.

25 Read the source – what information does it give us? “I'm a very lucky person to be manager of Liverpool. I came here as a 15-year-old boy when Shanks asked me to sign and I was a wee bit homesick thinking I was too young to leave home. Then I got back as a player and left the club in February This place is very special to me” An interview with Kenny Dalglish, January What are 3 facts that this source gives us about Kenny Dalglish? Primary or secondary? Any opinions? Bias?

26 Opinion and bias are not necessarily bad provided you know to look out for it it can tell you a lot more about the person and the society they live in than the words by themselves and always remember the saying –“History was written by the victors”! Why do people say that? What does it mean?

27 Opinion and bias If you are looking at a source that is biased, you need to think a bout a number of things: who wrote it? why did they write it? who were they writing it for? what were they trying to achieve?

28 Look at the next page Lots of opinion But can you find the 2 facts in it?

29 Let’s look at two sources that were written about the same football match! Everton played really well, they were robbed! The referee must be blind! Liverpool only won because they had a few lucky chances. We are still the better team. Mr. Kelly, Everton fan Liverpool demolished Everton! Ian Rush terrorised the Everton players and they didn’t stand a chance. We fully deserved to win. From a Liverpool supporter’s magazine, 1982 Is there any reason why these sources might be biased? in favour Can you any examples of the writers being biased in favour of their side? against Can you any examples of the writers being biased against the other team?

30 Let’s look at two sources that were written about the same football match! Everton played really well, they were robbed! The referee must be blind! Liverpool only won because they had a few lucky chances. We are still the better team. Mr. Kelly, Everton fan Liverpool demolished Everton! Ian Rush terrorised the Everton players and they didn’t stand a chance. We fully deserved to win. From a Liverpool supporter’s magazine, 1982 Is there any reason why these sources might be biased? The best way to find out whether sources are reliable (truthful) is to look at lots of other pieces of evidence!

31 Tops and tails bias source artefact primary source secondary source opinion An object such as a bowl or skeleton evidence produced sometime after an event A document or artefact from the past what a person thinks about something evidence produced at the time by someone who was present evidence that is seen from one viewpoint

32 Homework You can collect the homework sheet from the library It is called Y7HiU1A What is history wk1HW It will have a copy of a biased football report. You are then asked to sort out which bits are bias in favour of Man U and which bits are against Newcastle Then you have to re-write the report with bias, but in the opposite direction! Y7 is you! Hi for history U is for Unit; 1 means the first Unit – A means the first lesson in U1 – it is called ‘What is history?’ Wk1 = the week in the school year. HW means it is a homework document