Background Essay
What is a famine?
Lack of food
Name the historical thinking skills
Close Reading, Contextualization, Corroboration, Soucing
What is a primary source?
Any piece of information that was created by someone who witnessed first hand or was part of the historical events that are being described.
What does DBQ stand for?
Document Based Questions
Where is Ethiopia located?
Eastern Africa
What is an insurgent?
People who oppose the central government;
What two things do you do when you source?
Make inferences and observations.
What is a secondary source?
A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources.
What will you do with a DBQ?
Write an Essay
What type of government does Ethiopia have?
Authoritarian
What type of government does Ethiopia have?
Ethiopia has a strong political tradition of authoritarian government
Which historical thinking skills makes you put yourself in the author's shoes?
Contextualization
Name three examples of primary sources
Examples of primary sources
Letters
Speeches
Journal or Diary
Interviews
Autobiography
What is background knowledge?
Which government type gives it citizens more freedoms,
Authoritarian or Democracy
Democracy
What is a secessionist?
A person fighting for his region to be independent from the ruling government
Which historical source does this questions belong to:
When and where was the document created?
Sourcing and Contextualization
Name a famous secondary source
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What is an inference?
Educated guess
Did Mengistu support or fight against the insurgent?
Fight Against
Which country is North of Ethiopia?
Eritrea
What is Close Reading?
Close reading is examining the text to determine the main points of the author
Name three primary sources and three secondary sources
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What was the name of the DBQ that we read?
Famine in Ethiopia: How did the government make it worse?
What does CIA stand for?