What is history? Objectives To think about the different definitions of history To make your own judgement What is History?

Activity - Walk about Open the history quotes sheet. It contains a variety of different opinions of what history is. Which quote do you feel you agree with most? Open a a new document on your lap top and write it out. Write a few sentences explaining WHY you picked this quote. Write in full sentences ‘I picked this quote because…’ Challenge – use a connecter: as well as this, also, although,

You are now being trained as historians. As historians, we are going to discover what really happened in the past. To do so, there are a few Jedi secrets… Sources give us a valuable way to study the past. There are two types of sources we can use… A primary source is a source that was made in the past and gives us a great insight into what was going on. For example, a diary from WWI, a toy from the Victorian times . A secondary source is something made after the event, a replica or a film. For example, the film The Titanic, a replica sword.

Use the source, you will…

Imagine you are a historian 20 years in the future You need to find a primary source to help your future self to figure out what life was like in 2013 I am a historian from 2033 and I am trying to find out what life was like in 2014 I have picked this mug as the primary source that shows me what life was like 20 years ago The mug shows me this because it shows what food and drink they consumed then and how people drank hot drinks every day as a routine. This might show that people had too much time on their hands!

These are the answers… what are the questions? Primary source Secondary source

HEAD-something that has made you think HEART- something that you have felt BAG- something you will remember and take away Now, fill out the other three boxes from today’s lesson