1. Chapter 1
What is History

2. What is History?
History is an account of past events of a group of people arranged chronologically.
Where do you get the information from?
Letters, documents (laws, diaries, newspapers, stories) written accounts

3. Primary/ Secondary Eyewitness accounts- Things that we see.
Primary sources-Sources that are written by the very people who make the events of history happen.
Secondary sources-sometimes may not be accurate (forged), or may be the view of the writer.

4. Subjective/Objective
Subjective- Rely on our feelings instead of the facts.
Objective- To try very hard to use facts (trying to look at both sides)

5. Why is it that we read history?
So we know how we got here
To compare what life was like in the past
Knowing our ancestors will give us a sense of belonging.
Helps to learn from past mistakes
Learning about other people/places will help us understand our neighbors better.

6. How did we learn about the Hawaiians history…
It was through dance, stories, chants, legends. ( oral traditions)
Petroglyphs

7. History is like a science
There are
geologists-study rocks, volcanoes
Biologists-study plants and animals
Anthropologists-to help out in the study of the earth and its people
(These groups studied the early Hawaiians)