What is History?
Artifacts. Give two examples
Objects made by people. Ex: tools, weapons, clothes, jewelry
The length of a decade
10 years
Secondary Source. Give two examples
Secondary sources are created after an event. They are created by people who were not part of the historical event.
Examples of secondary sources are biographies, encyclopedias, history books, and textbooks
What is a fact?
A true statement backed by a primary source
URL from a educational institute
.EDU
Two types of Calendars we studied
Julian and Gregorian
Name for 100 years
Century
Primary Source. Give two examples.
Firsthand pieces of evidence. They were written or created by the people who saw or experienced an event.
Ex: letters, diaries, interviews, newspapers from the day, or government records
Fact or Opinion:
Blue Jolly Ranchers taste delicious
Opinion
To present someone’s work as your own without giving that person credit
Plagiarize
Study fossils to learn what the world was like long ago
Paleontology
Millennium
Sometimes a point of view is expressed as a ___ or an unreasoned, emotional judgment about people and events
Bias
Riddle: What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
Three ways you can prevent Plagiarism
1. Put information in your own words.
2. When you restate an opinion from something you read, include a reference to the author: "According to Smith and Jones, . . ."
3. Always include a footnote/ citation
Calendar we use today
Gregorian
BCE stands for
Before Common Era
Why is it important that scholars review each other's work?
To make sure the inferences and conclusions that are originally made are true.
They need to be based on reliable evidence.
First Era
Prehistory
Three things a researcher can look at to determine if an article on the internet is a reliable source
2. Publisher
3. Content
The study of human culture and how it develops over time
Anthropology
Symbol use to skip over a period of time on a timeline
Slanted or Jagged Line
Three steps historians take to draw conclusions
1. Look for evidence from primary sources
2. Look at Secondary Sources for variety of viewpoints
3. Draw Conclusions
When writing was first invented
5,500 years ago
Why should researchers avoid evaluating and drawing conclusions about historical events based on modern views?
Researches who evaluate and draw conclusions about historical events using modern ideas or bias will have incorrect conclusions. Conclusions need to be based on evidence to be accurate.