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Unit 3: Societies and their organisation

Unit 3: Societies and their organisation. A study of Middle Ages’ Europe and Japan and contemporary Vancouver. Existing Knowledge…. What can you/we already include in a response to this unit’s questions: How are communities structured; what are their necessary parts?

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Unit 3: Societies and their organisation

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  1. Unit 3: Societies and their organisation A study of Middle Ages’ Europe and Japan and contemporary Vancouver.

  2. Existing Knowledge… • What can you/we already include in a response to this unit’s questions: • How are communities structured; what are their necessary parts? • What is the purpose of government? • What is an economy? • What is a social class? • What are civil rights? • What is slavery? How did it start? • What is the role of health & the impact of disease? • Think about the past and the present, and how change may or may not occur over time. Fill in the “I Know 1.0” Column. Make contributions to at least 3 “We Know 1.0” posters. Write down at least 2 of your classmates’ contributions in each row of the “We Know 1.0” column

  3. In This Unit… Japan Manor System Feudalism Europe Middle Ages Medieval Sustainability

  4. In This Unit… Way of Thinking: Adopting a Historical Perspective What other kinds of “perspective” have you heard of? What is a historical perspective? How do we adopt one? What are we doing when we “adopt a historical perspective?

  5. Historical Perspective… “Taking historical perspective means understanding the social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional settings that shaped people’s lives and actions in the past. At any one point, different historical actors may have acted on the basis of conflicting beliefs and ideologies, so understanding diverse perspectives is also a key to historical perspective-taking. …historical perspective is very different from the common-sense notion of identification with another person. Indeed, taking historical perspective demands comprehension of the vast differences between us in the present and those in the past.” http://historicalthinking.ca/concept/historical-perspectives

  6. Historical Perspective…

  7. Historical Perspective… Challenge: Can we truly remove ourselves from our thinking? In otherwords… Is it possible to fully take on a historical perspective, or will we be influenced by our current time (values, ethics, understandings, etc)? Connection: To which Saints School Value is Historical Perspectives most similar?

  8. Historical Perspective…

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