1. About Me
Born in Winter Park Florida
Lived in Colorado since 2014

2. Education:
Bachelors degree in History from University of Central Florida (UCF)
Masters degree in Social Studies Education from University of Central Florida (UCF)
Masters degree in History at University of Colorado Denver

3. Interests Sports: Football, swimming, water polo History and traveling
Running and playing rec volleyball

4. About You Where were you born? Favorite subject
What do you want to do after high school?
College, trade school, ?
Hobbies and interests
Something interesting you’ve done recently

5. Two Truths and a Lie
My dad was an All-American water polo player and swimmer in college
I plan on getting a PhD in history in the next few years
I travel overseas every summer

6. Two Truths and a Lie
Write down two things that are true about yourself and one that is a lie
Share with a partner and try to guess which of their answers are true and false

7. Social Studies
Fundamentals

8. What makes a map?

9. Draw a map of the world. Label 0 latitude and 0 longitude.
Draw and label the continents.
Label the oceans.
Draw and label a major mountain range on each continent.
Draw and label one major river on each continent.
Draw and label one country on each continent.
Draw and label one capital city on each continent.

11. Complete the Map of Europe

13. Limited Evidence
We will never know everything that happened in history
Everything we know is based upon interpretation
Historians are very wary of “facts”
The past = What happened
History = Our interpretation of what happened based on available evidence

15. History Prehistory – Time before written records were kept
History – Time after written records kept
The distinction is not that important but it is nice to know

16. Examples

17. Stonehenge

18. Egyptian Farmer

19. Linear A Tablets

20. Dating Systems B.C. – Before Christ A.D. – Anno Domini
B.C.E. – Before Common Era
C.E. – Common Era
The same as BC and AD
There is no zero (0) year
2014 AD = 2014 CE

21. Time A century is a period of 100 years
The first century is the first 100 years
1-100
The tenth century is the 10th 100 year period
15th century?
8th century B.C.E?
B.C.E.

22. Sources
Primary Source – Information comes directly from the person or source that witnessed the event
Secondary Source – Information that comes from someone who did not witness the event themselves

23. Primary or secondary
Magna Carta

24. Written 440 BCE

25. Persian Steele

26. World History Textbook

27. What are the advantages of primary sources?
Disadvantages?
What are the advantages of secondary sources?

28. Resources Humans need resources in the environment to survive
Renewable resource – The Earth or people can replace
Nonrenewable resource – Can not be replaced over short period of time

29. Economic Systems Scarcity – There is never enough of what we want
3 basic economic conditions
What to produce?
How to produce?
For whom to produce?

30. Factors of Production Land – The land and natural resources
Labor – The effort (work)
Capital – Machines

35. Types of economies Traditional Market Command Rely on tradition
Typically very simple
Market
Factors of production determined by the free market
Command
All economic discussions made by the state

36. “Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains”
What are some functions of the government today?

37. Government Systems
Government is a group of people with the right to make laws in an area
Government is seen as necessary to maintain order and prevent chaos

38. Authoritarian (autocracy)
Oldest form of government
All power is controlled by the state
Limited personnel freedoms

39. Monarchy State is ruled by a monarch for life
The next ruler is generally the son of the monarch
Absolute monarchy – King has complete power
Constitutional monarchy – King shares power with a parliament or rules under a constitution

40. Aristocracy Power is held by a small group
They are chosen by certain criteria
Wealth
Education
Ancestry
They share power with each other but not the rest of the citizens

41. Democracy Power is held collectively by all of the people
All laws are voted on and passed by all of the citizens
There are no leaders

42. Republic
Citizens choose representatives to pass laws and legislate for them
Representatives may govern for a set period of time or for life