World History

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World History

• Goal 1
• The Historians Toolbox

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Goal 1

• The learner will recognize, use and evaluate the
  methods and tools valued by historians, compare
  the views of historians and trace the themes of
  history.

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Objective 1.01

• Define history and the concepts of cause and
  effect, time, continuity and perspective

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Goal 1 Essential Question

• How can I use the tools of the social sciences to
  understand the effects of world history on my
  life today?

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Objective 1.01 Essential Questions

• What is history and why should we be interested
  in and study other cultures?
• How and why does history influence mankind?
• How do historians use cause and effect to explore
  history?

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History

• Student Definition
• Definitions
• The aggregate of past events
• A record or narrative description of past events
• The discipline that records and interprets past
  events involving human beings
• The continuum of events occurring in succession
  leading from the past to the present and even
  into the future
• All that is remembered of the past as preserved
  in writing

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Cause and effect

• Student Definition
• Definition Two events that are related when one
  event makes the other occur. The event that
  happens first is the cause the event that
  follows is the effect.
• Examples Al Qaeda's hatred of US policies -
  9/11- Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Continuity

• Student Definition
• Definitions Uninterrupted connection or union
• The property of a continuous and connected period
  of time
• Examples Recorded time is one continuous
  interconnected period of time

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Time

• Student Definition
• Definitions The continuum of experience in which
  events pass from the past through the present to
  the future
• An exact moment
• An era or period

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Perspective

• Student Definition
• Definition Position a way of regarding
  situations or topics, etc.
• Examples Your view on the school rules, My view
  of what is important in life vs. yours, etc.

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Documents

• Student Definition
• Definition A document is a bounded physical
  representation of body of information designed
  with the capacity (and usually intent) to
  communicate.
• Examples diary, journal, newspaper article,
  letter, e-mail, web page, etc.

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Epigraphs

• Student Definition
• Definition A quotation at the beginning of some
  piece of writing
• An engraved inscription
• Examples Hieroglyphics, Cuneiforms, Sanskrit

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Multiple causation

• Student Definition
• Definition The belief that events occur in
  predictable ways and that many events leads to
  others or can be the cause of one big event
• Examples There is never just 1 reason wars begin

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Periodization

• Student Definition
• Definition Periodization is the attempt to
  categorize or divide time into named blocks. The
  result is a descriptive abstraction that provides
  a useful handle on periods of time with
  relatively stable characteristics.
• Examples Ice Age, Great Depression, World War II

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Objective 1.01 Review

• What is history and why should we be interested
  in and study other cultures?
• How and why does history influence mankind?
• How do historians use cause and effect to explore
  history?

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Objective 1.02

• Analyze and interpret primary and secondary
  sources to compare views, trace themes and detect
  bias

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Objective 1.02 Essential Questions

• How does bias influence the study of history?
• How do historians use primary and secondary
  sources?

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Bias

• Student Definition
• Definition A partiality that prevents objective
  consideration of an issue or situation
• Examples A Nazi Camp Guards account of the
  conditions of a concentration camp

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Primary Source

• Student Definition
• Definition Also called an original source is a
  document, recording or other source of
  information, such as a paper or a picture for
  instance, that was created at the time being
  studied, by an authoritative source
• Examples Diary of Anne Frank, George
  Washingtons Farewell Address

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Secondary Source

• Student Definition
• Definition Are works that are based on analysis
  of primary sources, such as textbooks,
  biographies, nonfiction books about history and
  monographs. Many secondary sources in history
  include quotations from primary sources or
  illustrations that constitute primary sources.
• Examples Your Textbook, History Channel
  programs, etc.

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Epics

• Student Definition
• Definition An extended narrative poem in
  elevated or dignified language, celebrating the
  feats of a deity or demigod (heroic epic) or
  other legendary or traditional hero
• Examples Illiad, Odyssey

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Graphics

• Student Definition
• Definition Are visual presentations on some
  surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen,
  paper, or stone to brand
• Examples Neanderthal Mans cave drawings, Minoan
  frescoes, Michelangelos paintings

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Literature

• Student Definition
• Definition The body of all written works The
  collected creative writing of a nation, people,
  group, or culture
• Examples American literature, British
  literature, etc.

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Oral History

• Student Definition
• Definition A verbal reminicense or description
  of past events or experiences
• Examples Grandpas war stories, Dads high
  school football stories, etc.

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Sagas

• Student Definition
• Definition A narrative telling the adventures of
  a hero or a family
• Examples Similar to epics, but came later in
  history

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Objective 1.02 Review

• How does bias influence the study of history?
• How do historians use primary and secondary
  sources?

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Objective 1.03

• Relate archaeology, geography, anthropology,
  political science, sociology and economics to the
  study of history

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Objective 1.03 Essential Questions

• What skills and sciences help us uncover the
  past?
• What principles do historians use to make
  reasonable inferences about the past?

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Anthropology

• Student Definition
• Definition Anthropology is a science of
  humankind. Anthropology focuses on human
  characteristics generated and propagated by
  humans themselves.
• Examples It studies tools, techniques,
  traditions, language, beliefs, kinships, values,
  social institutions, economic mechanisms,
  cravings for beauty and art, struggles for
  prestige.

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Archaeology

• Student Definition
• Definition Archaeology is the study of the human
  past.
• Examples Archaeology studies human history from
  the development of the first stone tools in
  eastern Africa 3.4 million years ago up until
  recent decades.

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Artifacts

• Student Definition
• Definition a handmade object, as a tool, or the
  remains of one, as a shard of pottery,
  characteristic of an earlier time or cultural
  stage, especially such an object found at an
  archaeological excavation.
• Examples Artifacts of the pop rock generation.

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Economics

• Student Definition
• Definition the science that deals with the
  production, distribution, and consumption of
  goods and services, or the material welfare of
  humankind.
• Examples the social science concerned with the
  production and consumption of goods and services

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Geography

• Student Definition
• Definition the study of the natural features of
  the earth's surface, including topography,
  climate, soil, vegetation, etc, and man's
  response to them
• Examples Map

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Political Science

• Student Definition
• Definition A social science dealing with
  political institutions and with the principles
  and conduct of government.
• Examples The study of the state, government, and
  politics.

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Sociology

• Student Definition
• Definition The scientific study of human social
  behavior and its origins, development,
  organizations, and institutions.
• Examples Sociologists study the organization,
  institutions, and development of societies, with
  a particular interest in identifying causes of
  the changing relationships among individuals and
  groups.

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• Dates are based on the birth of Christ.
• B.C. Before the birth of Christ.
• 1st century B.C. means the first century before
  Christ. Counting backwards, which are the years
  100-1 B.C. The 6th century B.C. is 600-501 B.C.

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• A.D. Anno Domini Latin for in the year of
  our Lord. After the birth of Christ.
• The 20th century A.D. includes the years A.D.
  1901-2000.
• BCE Before the Common Era B.C.
• CE Common Era A.D.

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Objective 1.03 Review

• What skills and sciences help us uncover the
  past?
• What principles do historians use to make
  reasonable inferences about the past?

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Objective 1.04

• Define the 5 themes of history and relate them to
  the study of history

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Objective 1.04 Essential Question

• What aspects of human life do historians study?

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Society

• Student Definition
• Definition
• Examples

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Technology

• Student Definition
• Definition
• Examples

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Economics

• Student Definition
• Definition
• Examples

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Politics

• Student Definition
• Definition
• Examples

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Culture

• Student Definition
• Definition
• Examples

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Objective 1.04 Review

• What aspects of human life do historians study?

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Goal 1 Review

• How can I use the tools of the social sciences to
  understand the effects of world history on my
  life today?