1. History Unit ReviewNotes
Include:
4 types of history
Timeline
Primary/Secondary Evidence +/-
Historical Method Steps and description
Thesis statement description
Key Terms (not on PP but in notes)

2. What is History?
State/ Local
National
Personal/ Family
Global

3. A timeline helps us establish chronological order, the order in which events occur.
4000 B.C
1945 A.D.

4. Daily Agenda 9/5 Agenda: Review “Timeline Worksheet” Key Term boxes
Bellwork: Display Name Tent. Open a notebook or a loose leaf piece of paper and put the date in the upper right hand corner
Agenda:
Review “Timeline Worksheet”
Key Term boxes
Cause and Effect- A sequence of events, in which one event or person is responsible for another event or events happening
History Detectives Episode

5. Bellwork 9/9/14 Get out key term boxes and record the following key terms
Evidence- any document or physical object important to studying past events
Primary Evidence- Primary Source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time period of study.
Secondary Evidence- A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them.
Agenda:
Key Terms
Historical Method
Homework

6. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
Preliminary Research
Formulating a working hypothesis
Research evidence to support/reject hypothesis
Formulate a thesis statement
Writing a historical account

7. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
Preliminary Research- The first step of the Historical Method is to decide which issue to study and conduct research for evidence to provide information about what happened.

8. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
Preliminary Research
Questions to ask during this step:
Where would I go to research this?
5 W’s (who, what where, why, when)

9. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
2. Formulating a working hypothesis
-Based on the preliminary research a tentative hypothesis is created on what one may believe happened.
Ex. This is a map of Washington’s encampment at Valley Forge

10. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
3. Research for evidence to support or reject the working hypothesis.
-Continue to study primary documents. While examining these sources the historian must ask questions about the event and the evidence
Is it primary/secondary
Chronological order to examine cause/effect
Is it authentic?
Is it reliable?
Is it objective/subjective
Does it Corroborate?
Does it support/refute?
Found in
Reading 4

11. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
What category of evidence am I finding?
-Primary Source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time period of study.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
Diaries
speeches
manuscripts
letters
interviews -
news film footage
autobiographies
official records 
CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art 
RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

12. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
What category of evidence am I finding?
-Primary
-Secondary A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them.
Textbooks
magazine articles
Histories
Commentaries
encyclopedias
Internet 

13. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
4. Formulate a thesis statement
-Once the evidence has been carefully examined then the hypothesis can now become a thesis statement.
This map was created by a French Engineer, docketed by Louis DuPortail, and used early on at Valley Forge as a working fortification map.

14. Historical Method: 5 step process historians use to write history
5. Writing a historical account
The essay usually begins with the thesis statement and followed by the evidence.

15. Daily Agenda 9/10 (continued)
Primary
Secondary
Ad.
Ad.
Mood/Flavor/Emotion
Combines primary for big picture
Dis.
Dis.
Interpreted and open to being subjective
Small piece of the story

16. A strong thesis statement…
is one sentence that introduces your audience to the Historical Account.
is arguable. Your audience might agree or disagree.
includes evidence you will use later in the essay.
Is specific with details, words, and names.