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3. History What is history? What is the job of a historian? What is culture? Archeology What is archeology? What is the job of an archeologist? What are artifacts and fossils? Other Sources of information What are primary and secondary sources? What is a theory? Studying History Answers to the guided questions don’t forget subheadings (ex. History) bulleted or numbered notes underline key terms

4. The study of the past HIS-STORY

5. Historians, Geologists, Anthropologists, Archaeologists, etc.

6. Historian Def: An expert of a particular period of history Geographer Def: A scholar that studies the physical and human features of an area or region. What types of items would a geographer look for to gather information? Archeologist Def: Studies the past by looking for remains that people left behind. Why are archeologists important to understanding culture? Anthropologist Def: Studies humans from the past and present.

7. The study of past human societies, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data which they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes. The study of early people by digging up and studying the traces of early settlements

8. Find patterns Discover their background Look for cause and effect Understand where you live Explain the world today (present times)

9. Unwritten verbal accounts of events. Talking about the past, usually from experience.

10. Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. Remains of early life that has been preserved in the ground

11. Any object made or modified by a human. A human made object

12. Both are look for clues and evidence to try and solve a mystery or the story of the past.

13. An archaeologist is someone who tries to figure out what life was like in the ancient past by looking at the remains of ancient people – their fossils and their artifacts. An archaeologist must know the difference between an artifact and a fossil. 1.Fossils are remains of living things (plants, animals, people), not of things that were made. 2.Artifacts are remains of things that were made, not the remains of living things.

14. An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.

15. Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event.

16. Primary sources are works created at the time of an event, or by a person who directly experienced an event.

17. Primary Source- something written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event.

19. Primary sources are first-hand testimony of an event. Primary sources include diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, government records, photographs, movies, maps, jewelry, drawings, sculptures and wills, among other things. Primary sources could include "The Diary of Anne Frank" when studying World War II; weavings and pottery during a study of Native Americans or a recording of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech to explore the civil rights movement in America.

20. Secondary sources are works that are one step removed from the original event or experience and can provide criticism or interpretation of a primary source

21. Secondary Source- an account of a historical event written by someone who did not witness the event

23. Secondary sources are records of an event with the author at least once removed from the event. The author of the secondary source was not present at the event; it is his interpretation of the event. Secondary sources include encyclopedias, biographies, most published books including textbooks and fact books. A history textbook could be used to determine the sequence of events leading to the Revolutionary War, a book about World War II could provide information about the important battles or a magazine article could unfold the ideals of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

24. Artifacts Fossils Oral History from experience Written Documents Original material Artifacts Oral History-retold Documents written later Not original material

25. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena An educated guess base on some evidence

26.  Theories can change  Theories can be proven wrong  Theories can be proven correct

27. Archaeologist look for clues and evidence to prove/disprove theories. They look for clues to create or eliminate theories.

29. Scholars like historians, archeologists and geographers study the past to help understand people’s actions, beliefs, and culture. History teaches us about ourselves, others and the world. Summary: Answers the essential question.