What is Bias? How would describing Florida be different if: you were describing just Florida, or Florida as part of the USA? What is a spatial frame?

CHAPTER 1 INFO NOT

MENTIONED IN THE TCI

PRESENTATION

BELL RINGER What is Bias?

How would describing Florida be different if: you were describing just Florida, or Florida as part of the USA?

What is a spatial frame?

THE PROCESS OF HISTORY WRITING How did the ancient Silk Road trade

route help spread religious ideas across Asia?

Gathering evidence that helps in making statements or drawing conclusions. Document, book, journal Artifact (something made by humans that

reveals something about their lives) Drawing Music Interviews with people

PRIMARY VS SECONDARY SOURCES Primary Source: A document or record of

past events produced by people who experienced those events or lived during the time.

Secondary Source: Documents created later, typically by scholars or experts.

PRIMARY OR SECONDARY?1. An original Indian Tepee 2. A picture of you and your friends at Disneyland

3. A historian article about Pearl Harbor from interviews of those actually there.4. The Arc de Triomphe 5. Your Text Book

POINT OF VIEW & BIAS “History is written by the Victors.” All history is subject to point of view,

which means it is seen through the perspective or opinion of the creator.

Because all history is seen from a point of view it is subject to bias, or personal preference/prejudice about a specific topic.American Revolution

AMERICAN REVOLUTION A fight for independence

from the British over issues of taxation and lack of rights. The Colonists won, and were liberated from the British King! TAUGHT TO EVERY AMERICAN STUDENT.

The American Colonies rebelled against the Crown. An effort was made to reunify the Colony, but was abandoned do to its unpopularity. Britain gained a great trading partner. NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN ENGLAND.

TIME Historians normally attempt to put things in

the order that they happen making a Chronology.

Once events are in order they divide them into periods of time (periodization)Three long periods in World History are:

Ancient Medieval Modern

GEOGRAPHY Where something happens can be just

as important as When something happens in history.

Spatial Frame: Concerns geographic perspectives that historians apply to world events.

Interregional: an event in two or more regions at once.

POLITICAL UNREST IN EGYPT

HABITS OF MIND There are three “habits of mind” that can be used

for history.1. Look for patterns over time and space.

Why did many of the first civilizations arise in river valleys?

2. Make comparisons within and among societies. Compare and Contrast the river valley civilizations of

Egypt and China.

3. Assess Universal Standards in light of cultural difference.

How do the governments of modern day Egypt and China compare when considering the rights provided to their people?