Think like a Historian
What do historians study?
Historians study the PAST.
What do Geographers study?
Geographers study the Earth and the ways we interact with Earth.
What do economists study?
Economists study How we, the people, use resources to get what we want and need.
What does a political scientist study?
A political scientist studies government and politics.
What is a government?
A government is a system people use to exercise authority, distribute power, and regulate the conduct of people.
Is Mrs. B a primary or secondary resource when she talks about history?
What is the acronym we can use to help us remember the 5 themes of geography?
MR. HELP is an acronym that can help us remember the 5 themes of geography.
Goods are an object you sell like ice cream or clothes.
Services are a task that you sell like hair cuts or cleaning houses.
What 5 questions do political scientists ask?
What is government?
What’s the purpose?
Who’s involved?
How is it funded?
How is it monitored?
What are three ways to describe Michigan's location?
Michigan is south of Canada.
Michigan is north of Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, etc.
Michigan is east of California, Kansas, Mexico, etc.
Michigan is west of New York, Maine, etc.
Michigan is next to Wisconsin.
Michigan is next to lake Erie.
Michigan is 44' north and 85' west (longitude and latitude).
Michigan is on the North American continent.
Michigan is in the Western hemisphere.
Michigan is in the Northern hemisphere.
What 3 tools do historians use?
Historians use timelines, primary resources, and secondary resources.
What are the 5 themes of geography?
The five themes of geography are...
1. Movement
2. Region
3. Human/Environment interaction
4. Location
5. Place
What is scarcity?
When we can’t get all the things that we want, we call it “scarcity.”
What are the three levels of government?
What is a compass rose? What is it used for?
A compass rose tells us where north, south, east, and west are.
A compass rose is used for relative location.
Historians are like ___________.
They look for __________.
They gather ____________.
They reconstruct the _________ like a detective reconstructs a crime.
Historians are like DETECTIVES.
They look for CLUES.
They gather EVIDENCE.
They reconstruct the PAST like a detective reconstructs a crime.
What is the difference between relative and absolute location?
Relative location is used with the help of something else.
Absolute location is used alone. Things around it can change but your directions to the object will stay the same.
What is opportunity cost?
Opportunity cost is what you give up to get something.
What are the 3 branches of government and what do they do?
The three branches of government are...
Executive - enforce laws
Legislative - make laws
Judicial - interpret laws
What is civics?
Civics is the study of rights and duties of citizens.
What 4 questions do historians ask?
Historians ask...
1. What happened?
2. When did it happened?
3. Who was involved?
4. How and why did it happen?
Use MR. HELP to develop 5 questions about the USA.
Movement - how is this place connected to other places?
Region - What common features do we have?
Human/Environment - how do people interact with the environment?
Location - Where is it?
Place - What is it like?
What are the three types of resources and what do they mean?
Human Resources - Workers and their Skills
Natural Resources – Gifts of Nature
Capital Resources – Buildings, factories, machinery
Who are involved in the the 3 branches of government?
Judicial - courts
Legislative - senate & House of Representatives
Executive - mayor/governor/president
If you are a hair dresser what is your service?
What is your capital resource?
What is your natural resource?
What is your human resource?
My service is cutting and styling hair.
My capital resource is the building I work in and the other tools I use to cut hair like scissors and blow dryers.
My natural resource is water to wash hair.
My human resource is me and my coworkers.