History Unit ReviewNotes Include: 4 types of history Timeline Primary/Secondary Evidence +/- Historical Method Steps and description Thesis statement description Key Terms (not on PP but in notes)

What is History? State/ Local National Personal/ Family Global

A timeline helps us establish chronological order, the order in which events occur. 4000 B.C 1945 A.D.

Daily Agenda 9/5 Agenda: Review “Timeline Worksheet” Key Term boxes Bellwork: Display Name Tent. Open a notebook or a loose leaf piece of paper and put the date in the upper right hand corner Agenda: Review “Timeline Worksheet” Key Term boxes Cause and Effect- A sequence of events, in which one event or person is responsible for another event or events happening History Detectives Episode

Bellwork 9/9/14 Get out key term boxes and record the following key terms Evidence- any document or physical object important to studying past events Primary Evidence- Primary Source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time period of study. Secondary Evidence- A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Agenda: Key Terms Historical Method Homework

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history Preliminary Research Formulating a working hypothesis Research evidence to support/reject hypothesis Formulate a thesis statement Writing a historical account

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history Preliminary Research- The first step of the Historical Method is to decide which issue to study and conduct research for evidence to provide information about what happened.

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history Preliminary Research Questions to ask during this step: Where would I go to research this? 5 W’s (who, what where, why, when)

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history 2. Formulating a working hypothesis -Based on the preliminary research a tentative hypothesis is created on what one may believe happened. Ex. This is a map of Washington’s encampment at Valley Forge

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history 3. Research for evidence to support or reject the working hypothesis. -Continue to study primary documents. While examining these sources the historian must ask questions about the event and the evidence Is it primary/secondary Chronological order to examine cause/effect Is it authentic? Is it reliable? Is it objective/subjective Does it Corroborate? Does it support/refute? Found in Reading 4

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history What category of evidence am I finding? -Primary Source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time period of study. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS Diaries speeches manuscripts letters interviews - news film footage autobiographies official records  CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art  RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history What category of evidence am I finding? -Primary -Secondary A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Textbooks magazine articles Histories Commentaries encyclopedias Internet 

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history 4. Formulate a thesis statement -Once the evidence has been carefully examined then the hypothesis can now become a thesis statement. This map was created by a French Engineer, docketed by Louis DuPortail, and used early on at Valley Forge as a working fortification map.

Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history 5. Writing a historical account The essay usually begins with the thesis statement and followed by the evidence.

Daily Agenda 9/10 (continued) Primary Secondary Ad. Ad. Mood/Flavor/Emotion Combines primary for big picture Dis. Dis. Interpreted and open to being subjective Small piece of the story

A strong thesis statement… is one sentence that introduces your audience to the Historical Account. is arguable. Your audience might agree or disagree. includes evidence you will use later in the essay. Is specific with details, words, and names.