1. INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

2. WARM UP
Warm Up- answer the two warm up questions on your guided notes paper. (5 minutes)
After a short group discussion in which you will share your answers- complete the group discussion box on your guided notes based on what you discussed.

3. History So what is history?
History-the study of past events so we can predict the future
History- a written record of our past
Students will define history* and complete the introduction to history section on their guided notes

4. How Do Social Scientist Research History?
What are some ways you think we research history?
How have you researched history in the past? What have you used?
What should we do with the information we get from researching history?
Let me tell you how we are going to research history this year.
Understand how social scientist research history- answer the historical research and tools section of your guided notes

5. Primary Vs Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
A primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art
Secondary Sources
Secondary sources describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources.

6. Examples of Sources Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
Primary sources include historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, audio and video recordings, speeches, and art objects. Interviews, surveys, fieldwork, and Internet communications via , blogs, and newsgroups are also primary sources.
Secondary Sources
Secondary source materials can be articles in newspapers or popular magazines, book or movie reviews, or articles found in scholarly journals that discuss or evaluate someone else's original research.

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Students will be able to identify primary and secondary sources*
Complete the primary and secondary sources section of your guided notes

8. Introduction to Geography
What is geography?
Textbook definition- n- the study of Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it.
What things do you think are part of geography?
We will be studying this more next class.

9. Why we study Geography Why do you think people study geography?
How can it help us learn or understand?
What is the medical connection with geography>
Answer the Introduction to Geography section of your guided notes.

10. Summary Time
Answer the summary questions on your handout