1. WHY IS HISTORY IMPORTANT?
STANDARD 6.6, 6.7 & 6.1

2. WHY STUDY HISTORY
History is the study of people and ___________ of the past. *EVENTS History tells the story of the ways that __________ changed over time. *CULTURES ___________ are people who study the past. *Historians Learning about the past helps us understand the ______________. *Present

3. WHY STUDY HISTORY
History is the study of people and EVENTS of the past. History tells the story of the ways that CULTURES changed over time. HISTORIANS are people who study the past. Learning about the past helps us understand the PRESENT.

4. 10 Centuries Grouped together
Decade
Century
Millennium
Era
 TIME PERIOD 10 YEARS
TIME PERIOD 100 years
10 Decades
10 Centuries Grouped together
1,000 years
Pre-History
Larger Periods of time.
Modern History
Ancient History
Middle Ages

5. Why study history?
Pre history- is the time period before people developed ____________
*WRITING
Ancient History- Time period after _________, but before the _________ Ages.
*5,500 BC*Middle Ages
The era today is called ____________ ____________ When did it begin?
Modern History
A.D. 1400

6. Why study history?
Pre history- is the time period before people developed WRITING Ancient History- Time period after 5,500 B.C., but before the Middle Ages. The era today is called Modern History When did it begin? A.D Writing was invented 5,500 years ago.

7. Prehistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, and Modern History
_____________ 1
c. ____ BC
c. AD 500
Today

8. Prehistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, and Modern History1
c. 5,500 BC
Today

9. Explain the differences in the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar:
Who made each?
Julian Calendar- developed by Julius Caesar
Gregorian Calendar- Pope Gregory XIII
2) Why are they different?
Julian calendar wasn’t precise, it was loosing time.
3) Which do we use today?
Gregorian

10. Gregorian Calendar = no year zero

11. Dating Events: Is there a year zero in the calendar we use today? NO
BC= Before Christ BCE= Before Common Era
AD= Anno Domini CE= Common Era
Why do some historians prefer to use BCE and CE?
To avoid religious reference in time dating.

12. 8000BC/BCE
LAST ICE AGE 563 BC/BCE
Birth of the Buddha AD/CE 1
Birth of Jesus AD/CE 500
End of Ancient
History August 2017

13. Which event is the oldest?
LAST ICE AGE
Which event is the most recent?
Today’s Date
Write the following events in the order in which they occurred:
500 BCE, 400 BC, 1, CE 400, AD 500

14. Studies prehistoric times. Studies fossils.
Define artifact – An object made by people.
Define fossil – Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from earlier time.
Historian
Archaeologist
Paleontologist
Anthropologist
 Someone who studies history.
Someone who studies the past by looking at what people left behind.
Studies prehistoric times. Studies fossils.
Studies human culture and how it develops.

15. LUCY

16. Human Discoveries:
Where did Donald Johanson’s team discover Lucy? Ethiopia
Which of the above jobs was Johanson? Paleontologist
Details about the finding of Lucy:
Discovered partial skeleton.
Lucy lived 3.2 million years ago.
3 ½ feet tall
Weighed about 60LBS
Walked upright. 
So, finding these bones prove that the first people lived where in the world?
AFRICA

17. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS