1. Tools of History
Geography and Sources

2. What do you remember about maps/geography?

3. What types of maps are these? What are some differences?
Physical Map
Political Map
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection

4. Imaginary lines of the Earth
Longitude
Latitude

5. Put them together and what do you got…?

6. Map Tools
Compass Rose
Key/Legend

7. 5 Themes of Geography
1. Location (longitude/latitude, direction, about…10 miles from)
2. Place (what is it like there? Ex. Japan)
3. Regions (common features- geographic, religious, cultural)
4. Movement (goods, people, ideas)
5. Interaction (humans w/environment)

8. Types of Historical Sources
Primary Source:
A primary source is firsthand information about people or events.

9. What are examples of a Primary Source?
Primary Sources:
Documents, eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries, speeches, autobiographies, photographs
Artifacts, which include:
Tools and weapons
Religious objects
Statues, paintings
Ruins

10. Types of Historical Sources continued
Secondary Sources:
These sources are created by someone who did not actually witness the events.

11. Examples of Secondary Sources
History books
Textbooks
Biographies
Encyclopedias and other reference works
Web sites

12. Circle Up!
Which source do you think is better? Primary or secondary? Why?
What would be some important sources of information?
Why might two different sources be better than just one?

13. Important Terms
Archaeology
Artifact
Excavation
Anthropology
Culture

14. Archaeology
The recovery and study of physical evidence from the past.

15. Artifact
An object made by a human.

16. Excavation
Type of digging to find buried evidence.

17. Anthropology
The study of humans and human cultures.

18. Culture
Way of life shared by a group of people.

19. Think like an archaeologist!
Imagine that you are not from Earth and 500 years from now, you land and find these items:
Ask yourself what these items say about the society from which they came.
What would be your guess for what they were used for?