1. World History Pre-Test Please find your name at the top left corner of the provided answer sheet and sit at that desk. If you can’t find your name sit at the back of the room where there is no answer sheet. You need to sit alphabetically just for the first part of class today.

2. After your Pre-Test… Take out what you’ll be using to record class notes. Write down your definition of history & be ready to share

3. History… is messy…

4. How do historians organize and make sense of historical data?

5. Using Chronology History is grounded in chronology - events and trends are arranged into logical sequences to identify patterns of change and continuity Continuity – things that stay the same over time Change – things that evolve over time

6. Paragraph Activity You have been provided five paragraphs from an essay. Put them in order.

7. Patterns… More than just putting events in order… Means understanding why and how one event may or may not lead to subsequent events (consequences!)

8. Chronology can be limited… Damaged or missing records can complicate things…

9. For example… Unreliable mail service between the colonies and Europe…

10. Limitations Cont’d… Where do we begin to claim an event caused or affected a later situation? What do we include? What do we leave out? All of these are judgments a historian makes while researching a topic – judgments that may be subjective and imperfect

11. Yearbook Activity

12. Instructions: Organize the yearbook pages from oldest to newest. Answer on loose-leaf: 1.Each yearbook page is lettered. List the letters from oldest to newest. 2.What methods did you use to organize the photos? 3.Identify any patterns of change. 4.Identify any patterns of continuity.

13. Yearbook Decades 60s – H, I, J, K Late 80s/Early 90s – A, B, C, N, O Late 90s/Early 2000s – D, E, F, G, L, M, Q 2011ish - Q

14. Stand Up, Pair Up Look at the yearbook picture with the “Future Homemakers Club.” (Letter H) –Would you find this type of club today? –Why or why not? –What historical event(s) can you use to explain your answer?

15. Where we’re headed… We’ll be using chronology to shape our understanding of the emergence of the modern world.

16. Look for patterns of change and continuity throughout this unit of study!!! What has stayed the same over time, what has changed, and what is the lasting impact of ideas and trends of this era?

17. Select the best option and explain your answer. Indicate whether there was a pattern of change or continuity.

18. Acrostic Poem M – Mostly sane S – Smiles a lot W – world history, U.S. history, and economics are the courses she teaches Y – Yells sparingly N – Not so organized N – Not into asparagus

19. M – I – D – L – E – A – G – E – S – Read “What Was Life Really Like in the Middle Ages?” Create an acrostic poem summarizing the Middle Ages Include one fact from each section: –Introduction –Feudalism –Religion –Homes –Clothes –Health –Arts & Entertainment –Town Life