1. World History
Coach Miller

2. My family

3. 5 Themes Interaction between humans and the environment
Development and interaction of Cultures
State building, Politics, Expansion and Conflicts
Creation, Expansion and Interaction of Economic Systems
Development and Transformations of Society

4. 1st Skill - Making or creating historical arguments using evidence
Analyze historical arguments and explain how an argument has been constructed from evidence
Construct convincing interpretations of historical evidence
Evaluate conflicting evidence to construct arguments

5. 2nd Skill Chronological reasoning
Cause and Effect
Continuity and Change (very tough skill)
Understanding large scale patterns over time
Connecting these patterns to historical processes, themes or major events
Periodization
How one defines historical periods
Its about understanding turning points

6. 3rd Skill - Comparison and Context
Comparing different societies
Comparing the possible perspective of different people on a given event (being in their shoes)
Context
What else would be going on at this time in other parts of the world?
How would these multiple events connect?

7. 4th Skill – Interpretation and Synthesis
Why are there different interpretations?
Take your own values out of the equation
What would Spock do?
Synthesis
Putting all this together and forming something new

8. Homework
Read 3.1 and 3.2 of history alive and fill out themes sheet.