Unit 1: Intro To World History

Warm-Up "The past is history, the future a mystery, but today is a gift, that's why it's called the present." –Bil Keane

Questions We Ask What is History? What is World History? Why is the study of history important?

Prehistory v. History Prehistory- history BEFORE it was written down. History- knowledge of the past through written record. –Greek-historia-meaning inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation.

Eras Era- a period of time marked by distinctive characteristics, events, peoples, etc. –Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age (Prehistory) –Ancient Civilizations (Ancient Times) –Medieval (Middle Ages/Dark Ages) –Modern Era

Time Periods B.C./A.D. v. B.C.E./C.E. –B.C.-Before Christ –A.D.-Anno Domini-Latin-In The Year of Our Lord –B.C.E.-Before Common Era or Before Current Era –C.E.-Common Era or Current Era

Warm-Up Where does the word "history" come from and what does it mean?

Calculating Time B.C. dates are numbered backwards, so the larger the number, the earlier the date. –2000 B.C. < 500 B.C. A.D. dates are numbered forward, so the smaller the number the earlier the date. –1990 A.D. > 700 A.D. ***Important- Remember to write B.C. or A.D. when referring to a certain date. Don’t just write, 450. Write 450 BC or 450 AD.***

Calculating Time Cont… If you want to figure out how many years in between events occurred, us the following formulas. Formulas: –When the dates are the same, BC or AD, you subtract the dates BC – 1100 BC = 1000 Years between the two dates AD – 800 AD = 600 years between the two dates.

Formulas: –When the dates are different, BC & AD, you add the years. 200 BC AD = 400 Years between the two dates BC AD = 4000 Years between the two dates.

Practice How many years between 20,000 BC and 15,000 BC? –5000 Years How many years between 1300 AD and 1500 BC? –2800 Years How many years between 1776 AD and 2013 AD? –237 years

Centuries Century- 100 years. –Since there is no year “0”, we go from 1 BC to 1 AD. 1 st Century- years AD 2 nd Century- years AD 8 th Century- years – AD 16 th Century- years – AD What century do we currently live in? 21 st !!!

Warm-Ups When talking about the year 742CE, what century are we talking about? How many years are there between 243BCE and 576AD?

A way of displaying time periods and events in chronological order of when they happened. –It helps create a relationship between events. Timelines

Warm-Ups "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -George Santayana.

Warm-Up What is the purpose of a timeline?

Regions of the World

Climate Map

Population Maps

Population Map Cont…

Topographic Map

Road/Street Maps

Reading Population Pyramids

Warm-Up What type of map displays countries and the capital cities?

Sources Primary v. Secondary –Primary- original source of information. Ex. A person who saw a car crash and gave a report of the events that happened to a news reporter. –Secondary- not original source of information. Ex. A person who read about the car crash and wrote about it on Facebook.

Point of View First Person Narrative- a story told by the author as a character within the story. –Usually using wording like “I”, “Me” “We”. Second Person Narrative- the narrator will usually refer to “you” to make the reader feel like they are a character of the story. Third Person Narrative- most common and always refers to the characters by name or, “he”, “she”, “they”. –Never uses “I”, “We”, or “You” in the story.

APPARTS Author Place and Time Prior Knowledge Audience Reason The Main Idea Significance

Document Based Questions (aka DBQ) The good thing, you don’t need to know anything about the topic. The bad thing, you have to read  Typical setup: –Reading section. Usually 5-8 sentences. –Prompt (instructions/question)

Warm-Up A historian just read a book written by Winston Churchill and then writes his own book on Winston Churchill. The book that the historian writes is considered what type of source?

Warm-Up What point of view narrative never uses I or You in the story?

Warm-Up I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. –Albert Einstein.

Warm-Up "I did not fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." –Benjamin Franklin