1. Write a question or summary, or draw a picture
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For Cornell notes, write the notes on the right side of the paper, and key words/summary, questions, or pictures on the left.
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2. History Basics
There ought to be a sense of "what was it like" when you study history.
Previous night’s homework, answer the question: what is history? What period or event in histroy am I most interested in? If not any, why?

3. * from the Greek word “historia” - translates to learning or knowing by inquiry / asking questions
What is history?
Before history was written, it was an oral tradition – meaning people kept track of the past by memorizing songs and stories – it was the word that was important, not the written letter – concerned with what the hero did/interactions with gods/under what circumstances – not with dates/chronological
Way we study history started with Greeks – as they migrated, they tried to describe the people, customs, what they did
Past became important to provide answers, explain what caused events
History is not just a story – it is factual
- not a play on words as his story or her story – learning by asking questions

4. History
Add detail to relate to the information on the right – don’t just draw a floating head
History

5. right wrong Why study history? - know what happened and why
- understand ourselves and the world
- learn from past mistakes
Why study history?
If woke up not recognizing your room, mom, school, or friends – equals a messed up day / cause problems
Those that do not know the past are doomed to repeat it – what the past teaches us is that we do not learn from the past
** show Lion King clip
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6. Lion King clip

7. How is history organized?
Chronological / sequential
Order in which it occurred
Spatial
Info by location or region
Topics / themes
Show connections of ideas, time period, place
Cause and effect
An action and the result it produces
Chronology, dates and time became important – like a backbone
sequential – first I woke up, then I ate breakfast, next I went to school

8. Which form of organizing history is this – with partner

10. English Civil War – 1648
French Revolution – 1789
WWI – 1916?
WWII – 1944
* Topic + Chronology + Spatial – Cause/Effect???

11. What is the cause?
- Kid crying with a boo boo and someone putting a bandage on it

12. - Shot either from his doctor or his drug dealer – starting younger every year

13. How do we find out about history? Primary sources
Created at the time of the event
Diaries, newspapers, pictures, videos, etc
Secondary sources
Created after the event
Textbooks, documentaries
Have students discuss Diary of Anne Frank
- diary, dates on pages, present tense
- abridged, published later
* not the actual diary - reprint

14. Is this a primary or secondary source?
Have students discuss with partners
Eyewitness
Stories (from letters or current interviews)
Pictures (from time or modern picture of battlefield)

15. Based on evidence for proof
Bias (unfair belief) exists in every part of history
Can be biased by our perspective (the way we see things)
How do we interpret facts?
* Problems with learning history – don’t have all the puzzle pieces and bias
* Historians job is to view history objectively / without bias – doesn’t always work

16. Timelines
BC / BCE = Before Christ / Before Common Era (to the left of year 1)
AD / CE = Anno Domini / Common Era
Chronological order – in order by date
1 1
50 AD
150 AD
50 BC
150 BC
100 BC
100 AD BC
* Jewish calendar starts around 3,760 BC – other calendars based on cycle of the moon