Archeology and Artifacts Mr. Perkins World History Fall 2015

Bellringer – 8/25/15 Apply the chapter’s essential question to the fields of history, geography, and archaeology. Why do scholars study the people, events, and ideas of long ago?

Lesson 1-Essential Question Why do scholars study the people, events, and ideas of long ago?

What Do Historians Do? Answer each of these on a sheet of paper 1. a. We are who we are because of what people did in the past. b. What people did in the past has little impact on who we are today. 2. a. History is helpful only for understanding the past. b. History is helpful for predicting what may happen in the future. 3. a. Historians relate facts but do not interpret them. b. Historians relate facts and interpret them, too.

One Day in the Books What current event do you think Historians will write about in future textbooks? It can either be a major scientific advancement, a terrorist act, political event, etc. Why should future students know about this event?

Periods of Time/Date Terms Decade Century Age Era Ancient Circa BC AD BCE CE

Calendars Julian calendar Gregorian calendar Others Julius Caesar 365 days/12 months Leap year Gregorian calendar Pope Gregory XIII Western/Christian calendar Used in most of the world Replaced Julian calendar and only slightly different Others Islamic, Jewish, and Chinese calendar Julius Caesar Pope Gregory XIII

Lesson 1-Important Terms History Culture Archaeology Fossil Artifact Primary Source Secondary Source

Types of Artifacts Artifacts Fossils

What Will We Leave Behind? Take out a sheet of paper and a pencil/pen Remember to use the HOW method for your paper!!! Now get ready for the question…. In 100 years, what artifacts do you think we will leave behind that archeologists will study? List at least FIVE different items and tell me why they will study these objects!

Lesson 2-Important Terms Geography Landforms Climate Environment Region Resources

Geography Geography is the study of earth’s physical and cultural features. Features such as: Rivers Mountains Cities

5 Themes of Geography Movement Human Environment Interaction Region Location Place

5 Themes of Geography Activity

5 Themes of Alabama On your own paper Apply each of the 5 themes of geography to the state of Alabama. For each theme, I want you to write a short description and draw a picture that represents that theme for Alabama. If you cannot finish this in class, this will be for homework!

Movement How will you travel to the place (route, drive, fly, walk)? Does the country export resources to other places? If so, what and where? Does the country import resources from other places? If so, what and from where? Resources: materials found in the earth that people need and value Why would people leave or move to the country (jobs, family, climate, war)?

Human Environment Interaction Environment: all the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area How do people use the land (farming, herding, mining, industry)? How have people changed the land? Where do most people live (near a river or coastline, in the mountains)? Why do you think people settled there (water, safety, food, natural beauty)?

Region Region: an area with one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas What language(s) do people speak? What are the political divisions of the country (states, provinces, republics)? How is the country similar to any of its neighbors (traditions, language, climate)?

Location Where is the place (longitude, latitude, continent, hemispheres)? How far away from home is it (travel time by plane, distance in miles or kilometers)? What countries are neighbors of the country?

Place Describe the place (size, shape). What is the climate (temperature, rainfall)? Climate: the pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time What kinds of physical features are there (mountains, rivers, deserts)? Landforms: the natural features of the land’s surface Describe the people who live there (nationalities, traditions, etc.).