Grade 8 Social Studies

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Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 1.1 Identify historical sources of information in your community. Museums Music Documents Libraries Art Galleries Art Historic Sites Books Churches Photos Stories Cemeteries Schools Artifacts Family Videos Heirlooms Letters Journals Monuments Plays Historical Fiction Celebrations Internet Memorials Archives Oral History Newspapers

tell stories about past events contain information on past events Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 1.2 How are historical sources “windows into the past”? they allow you to “see” what happened in the past tell stories about past events contain information on past events shows what life was like

history is never complete Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 1.3 What points should be included in a definition of History ? a study of the past requires the gathering and examining of evidence. This can be done by speaking to people. This is called oral history. history is never complete helps you understand yourself, others, the past and the present

The history of a group of people. Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 1.4 Distinguish between Individual Past and Collective History. Individual Past Collective History The major events and experiences in your life that shape you and your memories. The history of a group of people. Ex: You play piano, you win awards at the Kiwanis Music Festival and play in school concerts. Ex: The Native People of Canada were forced to move away from their home to go to school and treated poorly.

Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past Grade 8 Social Studies OUTCOME # 1.5 History is open to interpretation. Explain. Historians may use or emphasize different historical sources. Historians may interpret historical sources differently. Historical sources may give conflicting information. Historians may come to different conclusions. As we all know, different people can have different versions of the same event. Example: It was once believed that John Cabot was the first to set foot on Newfoundland soil. In 1960, new information came to light and we discovered through L'anse aux Meadows that the Vikings were the first to settle here.

Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 1.6 Historians are guided by “Rules of Evidence”. Explain. Historians use the Historical Method of Research: Pose good historical questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? 2. Collect reliable information 3. Organize and evaluate information 4. Interpret information and present conclusions

Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 1.9 What role do historic sites, archives, and museums play in interpreting and preserving history? Historic Sites: - Museums, monuments, interpretation centres, re-created environments established at the actual places Archives: Provides info about families, historical events Provincial archives – The Rooms (St. John’s) Museums: Store Artifacts (objects from the past) Provincial Museum – The Rooms (St. John’s)

The Rooms in St. John’s contains the Newfoundland museum and provincial archives

Primary Source Secondary Source Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 2.1 Distinguish between Primary Source and Secondary Source. Primary Source Secondary Source A first-hand account made at the time that an event occurs. An interpretation of an event based on information gathered from primary sources. Examples: photographs, diaries, letters, government documents, artifacts, … Examples: books, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, films, internet sites, …

EXAMPLE OF A PRIMARY SOURCE: Telegram sent after the Burin tsunami, November 21, 1929

Archival Material Artifacts Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past OUTCOME # 2.2 Distinguish between Archival Material and Artifacts. Archival Material Artifacts Records from the past. Objects from the past. Examples: stored documents, images, sound and video recordings, personal papers, … Examples: furniture, clothing, tools, …

Grade 8 Social Studies Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past What is a Family Tree? A record of your ancestors, showing descendants of a common ancestor. Sara David Ashley John Jack Joanne Colin Luke Catherine