1. 8 September 2014 ~ Pictures – worth 1,000 words? Bellringer – Primary and Secondary Review Pass back & discuss HW Primary Sources – Past & Present ◦ Pictures – Are they worth 1,000 words? ***Discussion Grade*** HW – None

2. Primary Sources Old and New: Keys To Our Past 7 th Grade World History

3. Photographs The Evans family, Wales (United Kingdom), 1898

4. Photographs

5. Photographs The Felder Family, Raleigh, North Carolina 2007

7. Photographs What are some differences and similarities you notice between the two pictures?

8. Photographs What do you notice about these modern family pictures based on what you saw in the two previous “posed” shots?

9. Photographs Essential Question (Objective): As a historian using pictures to study history, why do you need to be careful when using pictures? How can pictures possibly create a false sense of the past? (while at other times being very accurate)

10. 9 September 2014 Bellringer – Take out your sheet from yesterday ◦ Check over your essential questions from yesterday 3 – 5 sentences answers are the EXPECTATION! Also, take out packet page 6 to be checked. Oral History ◦ Problems & Uses ***Discussion Grade*** HW – None

11. Oral History What do you think Oral History is? List five problems that might occur with Oral History? 1. Stories can be exaggerated. 2. If the story is never passed on, it is lost. 3. People forget key elements of the story. 4. People leave out key elements on purpose. 5. Parts of the story might not be understood by all who hear it. (Lost in translation, inside jokes, etc.)

12. Oral History Listen to the two following examples of growing up in 20 th Century Britain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/htd_hi story/oral/act_growing_up_entry.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/htd_hi story/oral/act_growing_up_entry.shtml By simply listening to these accounts, can you get a clear picture of what life was like for people during this time in Britain? What do you to have remember as a historian when trying to create a story of what happened in the past?

13. Oral History Essential Question (Objective): How is Oral History both useful and non-useful when trying to create an accurate picture of the past?

14. Oral History Now watch (and listen) to the following accounts of WWI Veterans. While watching the video, write down details you find interesting that the men are talking about? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3BeJ7PM kgQ&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mod e=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3BeJ7PM kgQ&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mod e=1 By simply having watched this video can you truly say that you know what it was like to be a soldier during WWI? Why or why not?