Warm-Up What governmental and economic systems does the United States of America utilize?

1-6: What is History? American History 8

What is History? ◦STORIES ◦STORIES from the past Stories? ◦Tales of people, places, and events from the past Where in the Past? ◦Timeline  Before… ◦ BC- Before Christ ◦ AD- Anno Domini  Latin for “the year of Our Lord”  Now… ◦ BCE- Before Common Era ◦ CE- Common Era 1.) Define!

How is History Passed? Oral Language ◦Earliest form of expression  Stories passed by word of mouth  What’s the Problem? ◦ Telephone Game  Stories Change as retold  Details Lost or Added Written Language ◦Signifier for a civilization  Pictographs ◦ Symbols or characters that represent words or phases  Cave Paintings  Alphabets  What’s the Problem? ◦ Things get lost or damaged ◦ Point of View / Perspective  Interpretation What’s Best? ◦Mixture of Both ! 2.) Problem? 3.) Defining Characteristic

What if History Gets Lost? ◦Dig it Up!!!  Research ◦ How?  Books, Libraries, Internet, Etc.  Physically Dig! ◦ Archeologists  Look, search, dig, find artifacts  Study them  Devise stories / explanations ◦Scientific Method 4.) Steps?

What if History is Before Science or Not Scientific? What if the History is Before Science or Not Scientific? ◦Blamed it on the GODS!!!  Example: Thunder was the Gods showing their anger  Developed Stories to explain the unexplainable ◦ “Creation Myths” 5.) Create Example?