2. 2. Guided Notes: Understanding
TODAY'S AGENDA!
1. Bell work Fun!
2. Guided Notes: Understanding
History!
3. Read Text pgs

3. Take out a sheet of paper & complete the Bellwork!
DIRECTIONS!
I WANT YOU:
Take out a sheet
of paper &
complete the
Bellwork!

4. Use Your Book! Read “Setting the Scene” on page 20
BELLWORK!
Use Your Book!
Read “Setting the
Scene” on page 20
Answer “As you read”

5. DIRECTIONS!
I WANT YOU:
To take guided
notes!

6. A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR
GIGLIOTTI PRESENTS:
A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR
UNDERSTANDING
HISTORY

7. events that have shaped
What is History?
The “STORY” of people &
events that have shaped
the present

8. WHY STUDY HISTORY? THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM
HISTORY, ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
THINKING & RESEARCH SKILLS

9. MEASURING TIME! USUALLY IN HISTORY, WE USE YEARS
TO MEASURE THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
B.C. : BEFORE YEAR O
A.D. : AFTER THE YEAR O

10. CHRONOLOGY: ORDER & RELATIONSHIPS
HOW DO WE STUDY HISTORY?
ARTIFACTS: ITEMS FROM PAST CULTURES
CHRONOLOGY: ORDER & RELATIONSHIPS
OF EVENTS

11. PRIMARY SOURCES: FIRST HAND INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS
(DIARY, DOCUMENT, ETC.)
SEC0NDARY SOURCES: INFORMATION
TAKEN FROM OTHER SOURCES ABOUT
A TOPIC. (TEXTBOOK)

12. AUTHENTICITY – is it real?
EVALUATING EVIDENCE!
AUTHENTICITY – is it real?
AVOID BIAS – injecting opinion
INTERPRETING EVIDENCE