What is History? With your “triad” complete activites in “What is History?” Reflect on your participation with your team, when done!

What is History? History is essentially the study of people How they lived What they valued How their lives were influenced by the time and place in which they were born

Studying History Helps Us… To better understand why our modern world is the way that it is and we can investigate the causes and consequences of specific historical events

Historians Need to Work as Detectives Piecing together the pieces to be able to come to some conclusions about what life was like in the past

Historical Terms Era – often used to describe a particular period of history (e.g., “the medieval era”) Circa (abbreviation c.) – used when exact data is not known (e.g., c.1950) Chronological order – dates listed from earliest to the most recent (e.g., 1450, 1830, 1927, 2001)

Historical Evidence Sources historians examine to learn about the past Hypothesis – argument which investigates / explains behavior of people in the past Evidence: literary (written) – e.g., letters, diary entries, symbols or non-literary (not written) – e.g., artifacts such as vases, photos, buildings

Historical Evidence Primary – originate from the historical period being investigated (e.g., ancient bracelet) Secondary – produced later in time, and usually base ideas on primary source evidence (e.g., textbook) Historians need corroborating evidence (2 or more sources) which provide same evidence in order to be reliable or complete

What Evidence Might we Leave For Future Historians? Computers Xbox 360 Stores Kitchen appliances Books Photos Fashion magazine TV Litter Calendar Converse runners Video game case Criteria sheet for a project iPhones Couch Hoodies Car Credit cards Pencil Skateboards Apple laptop money Our bones scooters

Show what you know What is history? How does history help us? Historians need to work as ________________. What do historians examine to learn about the past? ________________ Evidence can be written or non-written. Given an example of each below: Written _______________________ Non-written ________________________ What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? What evidence might we leave behind? Name two.

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