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Grade 8 Social Studies

2. COURSE WEBSITE: www.nflabhistory.com/

3. Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 1.1
Identify historical sources of information in your community.
Museums
Music
Documents
Libraries
Art Galleries
Art
Historic Sites
Books
Churches
Photos
Stories
Cemeteries
Schools
Artifacts
Family
Videos
Heirlooms
Letters
Journals
Monuments
Plays
Historical Fiction
Celebrations
Internet
Memorials
Archives
Oral History
Newspapers

4. tell stories about past events contain information on past events
Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 1.2
How are historical sources “windows into the past”?
they allow you to “see” what happened in the past
tell stories about past events
contain information on past events
shows what life was like

5. history is never complete
Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 1.3
What points should be included in a definition of History ?
a study of the past
requires the gathering and examining of evidence. This can be done by speaking to people. This is called oral history.
history is never complete
helps you understand yourself, others, the past and the present

6. The history of a group of people.
Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 1.4
Distinguish between Individual Past and Collective History.
Individual Past
Collective History
The major events and experiences in your life that shape you and your memories.
The history of a group of people.
Ex: You play piano, you win awards at the Kiwanis Music Festival and play in school concerts.
Ex: The Native People of Canada were forced to move away from their home to go to school and treated poorly.

7. Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
Grade 8 Social Studies
OUTCOME # 1.5
History is open to interpretation. Explain.
Historians may use or emphasize different historical sources.
Historians may interpret historical sources differently.
Historical sources may give conflicting information.
Historians may come to different conclusions.
As we all know, different people can have different versions of the same event.
Example: It was once believed that John Cabot was the first to set foot on Newfoundland soil. In 1960, new information came to light and we discovered through L'anse aux Meadows that the Vikings were the first to settle here.

8. Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 1.6
Historians are guided by “Rules of Evidence”. Explain.
Historians use the Historical Method of Research:
Pose good historical questions:
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
2. Collect reliable information
3. Organize and evaluate information
4. Interpret information and present conclusions

9. Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 1.9
What role do historic sites, archives, and museums play in interpreting and preserving history?
Historic Sites:
- Museums, monuments, interpretation centres, re-created environments established at the actual places
Archives:
Provides info about families, historical events
Provincial archives – The Rooms (St. John’s)
Museums:
Store Artifacts (objects from the past)
Provincial Museum – The Rooms (St. John’s)

11. The Rooms in St. John’s contains the Newfoundland museum and provincial archives

12. Primary Source Secondary Source
Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 2.1
Distinguish between Primary Source and Secondary Source.
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A first-hand account made at the time that an event occurs.
An interpretation of an event based on information gathered from primary sources.
Examples: photographs, diaries, letters, government documents, artifacts, …
Examples: books, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, films, internet sites, …

13. EXAMPLE OF A PRIMARY SOURCE:
Telegram sent after the Burin tsunami, November 21, 1929

14. Archival Material Artifacts
Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
OUTCOME # 2.2
Distinguish between Archival Material and Artifacts.
Archival Material
Artifacts
Records from the past.
Objects from the past.
Examples: stored documents, images, sound and video recordings, personal papers, …
Examples: furniture, clothing, tools, …

15. Grade 8 Social Studies
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
What is a Family Tree?
A record of your ancestors, showing descendants of a common ancestor.
Sara
David
Ashley
John
Jack
Joanne
Colin
Luke
Catherine