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Why History Matters

Why History Matters. Vocabulary Words. history chronology evidence oral history. perspective historical empathy analyze. History: the study of people and events of the past. Chronology : A record of events in the order in which they happened. evidence: Proof. Oral history:.

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Why History Matters

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  1. Why History Matters

  2. Vocabulary Words history chronology evidence oral history perspective historical empathy analyze

  3. History: the study of people and events of the past.

  4. Chronology: A record of events in the order in which they happened.

  5. evidence: Proof

  6. Oral history: • Accounts told by people who did not have a written language or who did not write down what happened.

  7. perspective: Point of view

  8. historical empathy: understanding the actions and feelings of people of the past.

  9. analyze: to break something down into parts to see how the parts connect.

  10. Culture and society Geography Civics and government Social Studies History Economics

  11. History • History is what happened in the past. • It affects all people. • The main subject of concern in history isTIME.

  12. Chronology • What is chronology?

  13. History • Chronology is the time order in which events takes place in history. • Chronology helps historians link the past to the present.

  14. Farida Kamel Found a cure for cancer Was born in Cairo, Egypt Attended EAIS (elementary, middle and high school) Studied medicine in Oxford University London.

  15. Evidence • What is evidence?

  16. Evidence • Historians examine many kinds of evidence (PROOF), and use it to explain when events took place and why they happened when they did.

  17. Evidences in History Pictures

  18. Buildings Sculpture Art

  19. Understanding Perspectives • What is perspective?

  20. Understanding Perspectives • By studying objects and evidence from the past, historians can form a perspective. • A person’s perspective depends on several things; age, rich or poor, male or female. It is also shaped by what you believe in.

  21. Understanding Perspectives

  22. Historical Empathy • Empathy =Understanding • Historical Empathy is understanding the way people of the past lived their lives, and the decisions they took.

  23. Studying history teaches us about people of the past and the present. • It shows us how ways of life have changed and how they have stayed the same.

  24. History is studied from TWO (2) kinds of sources. Primary Sources Secondary Sources

  25. Primary source: Records made by people whosaw or took part in an event. • It gives people of today a direct link to a past event.

  26. Primary Sources

  27. Secondary Sources • A secondary source isnot a direct link to an event. • It provides information about an event by someone who did not see it happen.

  28. Magazine article Newspaper article Encyclopedia entry

  29. Is this a primary or secondary source? Why?

  30. Give three things that can affect a person’s perspective. • How many kinds of sources do people study to learn about history? • What will happen if history is not written in a chronological order? • What is oral history? • What is analyze?

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