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February 13

February 13. Please hand in your assessment. (Map work & questions from last week). Presentation. Who? Graham Reynolds Professor at CBU + Viola Desmond Social Justice Chair Where? Drama space When? February 13 (D = B period, A = C period) Why? ACS 11 + African Heritage Month How?

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February 13

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  1. February 13

  2. Please hand in your assessment. (Map work & questions from last week)

  3. Presentation • Who? • Graham Reynolds • Professor at CBU + Viola Desmond Social Justice Chair • Where? • Drama space • When? • February 13 (D = B period, A = C period) • Why? • ACS 11 + African Heritage Month • How? • Permission slip signed by teacher, bring it to presentation

  4. Studying History, Culture & Heritage How do we know what we think we know and who told us that anyway?

  5. Brainstorm…group activity Scribe(s), speaker(s): everyone contributes! What is history? What is culture? What is heritage?

  6. Let’s start with “History” • What is history? • Dates, events (timelines) • Stories of people, places, animals, structures • Written • Oral • Pictures, photographs, art • Artifacts • The past • Those components of history get recorded somehow, and remembered….that is “historiography”.

  7. Historiography • Merriam-Webster says: • the writing of history; especially : the writing of history based on the critical examination of sources, the selection of particulars from the authentic materials, and the synthesis of particulars into a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods • the product of historical writing : a body of historical literature • You say….historiography is….jot down a definition that makes sense to YOU

  8. Something to Think About • Who are the historiographers? • Who gets to tell the story? • How does the historiographer impact how history is told? • Does history have a spin?

  9. Considering African History • The wide variety of geographic features & climate in Africa resulted in a wide variety of cultures & languages developing in response to the environment. • The majority of the rich history of the civilizations in Africa was passed down orally, through specially trained historiographers called “GRIOTS”. • Traditionally, when people thought about Africa, usually the assumption was that the important history began when the Europeans arrived. • Why/how do you think the red statements impacted the blue statement?

  10. Perspectives • Afrocentric: approaching an issue/topic/history from an African perspective • Eurocentric: approaching an issue/topic/history from a European perspective • Ethnocentic: approaching an issue/topic/history from a particular ethic groups point of view • Having a point of view is part of who we are, we need to be aware of that perspective (and possible biases) when we study history.

  11. Think About & Move About! • What we are told about our history impacts our sense of self & culture. • What we are told about other groups of people and places impacts how we view them. • Having a point of view makes you a bad historiographer. • We need to think about historiographer’s point of view when we are in ACS class. • I will never be a historiographer.

  12. What is CULTURE? What is HERITAGE? • Merriam Webster says culture is: • the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group • the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time • the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization • You say…culture is…. jot down a definition that makes sense to YOU • Merriam Webster says heritage is: • property that descends to an heir; something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor • You say…. jot down a definition that makes sense to YOU

  13. Check in…. • Historiography is…. • Culture is…. • Heritage is…

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