Introduction to World History – What Do You Need to Know?
DO-NOW Why should we study history, in particular world history??? Finish “Tell Me About You” handout from yesterday. If you finish, please brainstorm a list answering the following prompt: Why should we study history, in particular world history???
Why should we study history? After a few minutes, turn to your partner and discuss your responses. We will then share with the class. http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=191139&title=Why_Study_History_
1. Understanding the past is the key to understanding the present 2. It keeps us informed on current events as they unfold. 3. It helps us to appreciate multiple perspectives and interpretations. 4. Analyzing history strengthens our critical thinking skills. 5. It trains us to gather evidence and to find patterns and trends. 6. You can apply information from the past to analyze and solve problems in the present. 7. It gives us an understanding of other people and cultures. 8. It challenges us to think outside the box, and to be creative. 9. History gives us the excitement of discovery, and the reward of solving real world problems.
What do you think historiography means? Think for a minute and then we will discuss as a class.
Historia – History Graphia (think biography)- writing Together = the study of historical writing! (like analyzing documents)
In order to do this… We need to know the difference between various types of historical sources. What is a source? Now when thinking of sources…
Sources Is there more than one account of history? Does the author make a difference when analyzing historical writing? What do you think it means to look at “multiple perspectives” when studying historical sources?
TASK – think of various historical documents or books (sources) TASK – think of various historical documents or books (sources). You may work with a partner. What are the similarities/differences?
Give some examples of what you came up with! Keep in mind – who wrote the source you thought of and when was it written? This what we need to do in order to think like historians. We are doing historiography.
In summary…. Example: Reading the Declaration of Independence would be much different than reading biographies of the Founding Fathers. Why?
ONE IS A PRIMARY SOURCE AND ONE IS A SECONDARY SOURCE!!!!
What’s the difference? Primary source = 1st hand account that was written during the actual time period. Secondary source = 2nd hand account that uses primary sources and at a later event than when the actual event took place. Declaration of Independence – actually written in 1776 Biographies of Founding Fathers – written years later by other people.
Looking at historical sources during the actual time period can give us a great insight into the minds of people at the time. We can look at different perspectives to come up with our own historical conclusions.
Please complete the worksheet that will be provided Please complete the worksheet that will be provided. Determine if the source is a primary or secondary source.
Go over Cheating, Plagiarism, and Collaboration