1. Thinking Like a Historian

2. When?
Timelines – A diagram that shows the order of events within a period of time
Chronological Order - Dates in order of time

3. Blocks of Time Periods – a portion of time
Era – period of time marked by
certain characteristics
Milennium – 1,000 years
Decades – 10 years
Centuries – 100 years

4. Using Dates B.C. = before Christ B.C.E. = Before Common Era
A.D. = After Death
Anno Domini - “in the year of the Lord”
C.E. – Common Era

5. Timelines

6. Timelines

7. Timelines Brainstorm! Think about your personal timeline!
List 10 events (at LEAST)
Can be historical events or personal events (do some of each)
4 before you were born
6 after you were born

8. Thinking Like a Historian
Turn to pg. 119
Make observations
Tell your neighbor

9. Is Everything History?
Pre-History – the history of humans before the development of writing
History – History of humans after the development of writing

10. Primary Sources
A primary source is direct evidence of an event, idea, period or development.
It is an oral (spoken), written, or created account from ACTUAL PARTICIPANTS or OBSERVERS of an event
MAN MADE
Examples:
Official documents
Speeches and interviews
Diaries and letters
Autobiographies
Advertisements
posters
Relics or artifacts
(tools, dishes, art, photographs, statues, videos or pictures)

11. Secondary Sources A secondary source studies primary sources
The person creating it WAS NOT THERE, Not a witness
Examples:
A journal/magazine articles that interpret previous findings
A history textbook
a timeline!

12. How Do I Tell the Difference?
Primary source: the person had to be there at the time the event happened
Secondary source: studies and interprets the primary source