1. So… what is this thing called History? A study of the events of the past, how and why they happened, as well as what happened as a result. (alternate definition: a study of what people do TO people and what people do FOR people)

2. WHY study history? “Those who are ignorant of the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them.” Why not study the SUCESSES of the past and learn from them! And… Well…. It’s Fun!!! Flying Flaming Monkeys / Pop goes the Regal / 99 Bars of Gold in the Ground

3. The Historical Record Think & Discuss EQ: How do we know what we know about history when we weren’t there?

4. How do we know what we know about history when we weren’t there? Written Record - letters, diaries, newspapers, books… Oral Record – stories, music, speeches… Visual Record – photographs, artwork, TV… Artifacts – the stuff left behind

5. The Written Record Define: Primary Source Define: Secondary Source Is one more valuable than the other? Why / why not?

6. Oral Record The American Indians did not have a written record until the 1800’s… how do we know about their lives and history before then? How did THEY know? Is it reliable? Why or why not?

7. Visual Record For each of the following pictures, tell what you can conclude about the time in the past that is shown Are you sure?

8. Visual Record

10. The Artifact Record What is an “artifact”? For each of the following pictures, tell what you can conclude about the time in the past that is shown

11. Artifact Record

16. Think/Write a list 5 things you did yesterday. 1234512345

17. So… for the 5 things you did yesterday… Did you leave a record of any of these? (written, oral, visual, artifact) How would future HISTORIANS know what you did?

18. So… 3, 2, 1 What do you think are the 3 most important things to use in studying the past? What are 2 warnings you need to give someone who is trying to “figure out” the past? Answer the EQ: How do we know what we know about the past when we weren’t there?

19. Discuss the validity of this statement: History is what we choose to remember about the past.

20. There are different types of history World US NC WS Hanes Family Toilet

21. So… At some point you have to JUDGE an event’s RELATIVE IMPORTANCE.

22. What if we think of the events of 2009? If we classify as: Important Events / Non-Important Events HOW would you know where to put an event? Often, the importance of an event is not immediately known. Story Time…

23. Point of View… A group of five people go for a walk: an artist, an engineer, a biologist, an athlete, and a real estate developer. They are out in the woods when they come upon a crystal-clear, flowing river. How do you think each of these people would view the river?

24. How does the previous scenario relate to our study of history and historians?

25. VOCABULARY REVIEW HISTORY / HISTORIANS ARTIFACT Written Record Oral Record Visual Record RELATIVE IMPORTANCE BIAS

26. Write an Sentence USING the following words: Artifacts Written Record Bias Historians Relative Importance