1. Good Morning!!!! 1.Share Snapshot Autobiography 2.Discuss Snapshot Autobiography 3.Intro to Unit 1: Western Political Thought Essential Question: What would you include in the history of your own life?

2. Snapshot Autobiographies

3. Debrief: Snapshot Why did you choose certain events and not others (ie. what made certain events more important)? What types of evidence would be necessary to “prove” your events happened? How is this similar to what historians do? What happened when you interviewed someone about your event? Did they remember it the same way?

4. Our First Unit: Western Civilization Western Civilization is a tradition of social, cultural, political, and moral beliefs started in Europe and passed on to America. 

5. Western Civilization Cake From Ancient Greece, to Rome, to Monotheism, the Enlightenment in in Europe, to modern America America Today Enlightenment Europe Monotheism Rome AND Greece

6. Western Thought: What do we know? What things to you think of when you think of the United States of America? – Features of our culture – Features of our government – Features of our society

7. Historical Thinking Focus Words Source Corroborate Bias Reliable