About Me Born in Winter Park Florida Lived in Colorado since 2014

Education: Bachelors degree in History from University of Central Florida (UCF) Masters degree in Social Studies Education from University of Central Florida (UCF) Masters degree in History at University of Colorado Denver

Interests Sports: Football, swimming, water polo History and traveling Running and playing rec volleyball

About You Where were you born? Favorite subject What do you want to do after high school? College, trade school, ? Hobbies and interests Something interesting you’ve done recently

Two Truths and a Lie My dad was an All-American water polo player and swimmer in college I plan on getting a PhD in history in the next few years I travel overseas every summer

Two Truths and a Lie Write down two things that are true about yourself and one that is a lie Share with a partner and try to guess which of their answers are true and false

Social Studies Fundamentals

What makes a map?

Draw a map of the world. Label 0 latitude and 0 longitude. Draw and label the continents. Label the oceans. Draw and label a major mountain range on each continent. Draw and label one major river on each continent. Draw and label one country on each continent. Draw and label one capital city on each continent.

Complete the Map of Europe

Limited Evidence We will never know everything that happened in history Everything we know is based upon interpretation Historians are very wary of “facts” The past = What happened History = Our interpretation of what happened based on available evidence

History Prehistory – Time before written records were kept History – Time after written records kept The distinction is not that important but it is nice to know

Examples

Stonehenge

Egyptian Farmer

Linear A Tablets

Dating Systems B.C. – Before Christ A.D. – Anno Domini B.C.E. – Before Common Era C.E. – Common Era The same as BC and AD There is no zero (0) year 2014 AD = 2014 CE

Time A century is a period of 100 years The first century is the first 100 years 1-100 The tenth century is the 10th 100 year period 901-1000 15th century? 1401-1500 8th century B.C.E? 701-800 B.C.E.

Sources Primary Source – Information comes directly from the person or source that witnessed the event Secondary Source – Information that comes from someone who did not witness the event themselves

Primary or secondary Magna Carta

Written 440 BCE

Persian Steele

World History Textbook

What are the advantages of primary sources? Disadvantages? What are the advantages of secondary sources?

Resources Humans need resources in the environment to survive Renewable resource – The Earth or people can replace Nonrenewable resource – Can not be replaced over short period of time

Economic Systems Scarcity – There is never enough of what we want 3 basic economic conditions What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?

Factors of Production Land – The land and natural resources Labor – The effort (work) Capital – Machines

Types of economies Traditional Market Command Rely on tradition Typically very simple Market Factors of production determined by the free market Command All economic discussions made by the state

“Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains” What are some functions of the government today?

Government Systems Government is a group of people with the right to make laws in an area Government is seen as necessary to maintain order and prevent chaos

Authoritarian (autocracy) Oldest form of government All power is controlled by the state Limited personnel freedoms

Monarchy State is ruled by a monarch for life The next ruler is generally the son of the monarch Absolute monarchy – King has complete power Constitutional monarchy – King shares power with a parliament or rules under a constitution

Aristocracy Power is held by a small group They are chosen by certain criteria Wealth Education Ancestry They share power with each other but not the rest of the citizens

Democracy Power is held collectively by all of the people All laws are voted on and passed by all of the citizens There are no leaders

Republic Citizens choose representatives to pass laws and legislate for them Representatives may govern for a set period of time or for life