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INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

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1 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

2 WARM UP Warm Up- answer the two warm up questions on your guided notes paper. (5 minutes) After a short group discussion in which you will share your answers- complete the group discussion box on your guided notes based on what you discussed.

3 History So what is history?
History-the study of past events so we can predict the future History- a written record of our past Students will define history*

4 How Do Social Scientist Research History?
What are some ways you think we research history? How have you researched history in the past? What have you used? What should we do with the information we get from researching history? Let me tell you how we are going to research history this year. Understand how social scientist research history

5 Primary Vs Secondary Sources
Primary Sources A primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art Secondary Sources Secondary sources describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources.

6 Examples of Sources Secondary Sources
Primary Sources Primary sources include historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, audio and video recordings, speeches, and art objects. Interviews, surveys, fieldwork, and Internet communications via , blogs, and newsgroups are also primary sources. Secondary Sources Secondary source materials can be articles in newspapers or popular magazines, book or movie reviews, or articles found in scholarly journals that discuss or evaluate someone else's original research.

7 Students will be able to identify primary and secondary sources*

8 Introduction to Geography
What is geography? Textbook definition- n- the study of Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it. What things do you think are part of geography? We will be studying this more next class.

9 Why we study Geography Why do you think people study geography?
How can it help us learn or understand? What is the medical connection with geography>

10 Homework Time


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