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What is History?

What is History?. Why study it? Why break it into sections? Why look at cause & effect?. History. Comes from Greek - and means "inquiry and knowledge acquired by investigation." It has its origins in the meaning: “To know; to see.”

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What is History?

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  1. What is History? Why study it? Why break it into sections? Why look at cause & effect?

  2. History • Comes from Greek - and means "inquiry and knowledge acquired by investigation." • It has its origins in the meaning: “To know; to see.” • By studying history we can see and know more about ourselves and the present times that we live in.

  3. History in Time • Historical study often focuses on events and developments that occur in specific blocks of time. Historians give these eras (or periods) of time descriptive names in order to organize ideas and make generalizations about that time frame. • Eras tend to be longer amounts of time. • Periods tend to be shorter blocks of time.

  4. Early Eras of History

  5. Periods of the “Empires Era”

  6. How do they use Eras & Periods? • They use these to organize information and to show the progression of civilization or civilizations from one place to another. • This can be either positive or negative. Activity: Divide Your Life into 3 Different Eras and Each Era into 3 Periods

  7. World History and Geography Eras Era 1 The Beginnings of Human Society Up to 4000 BC (BCE) Era 2 Early Civilizations and Cultures and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples 4000 BC (BCE) – 1000 BC (BCE) Era 3 Classical Traditions, World Religions, and Major Empires 1000 BC (BCE) – 300 AD (CE) Era 4 Expanding and Intensified Hemispheric Interactions 300 AD (CE) – 1500 AD (CE) Era 5 Emergence of the First Global Age 15th century – 18th century [1400’s AD (CE) - 1700’s AD (CE)]

  8. Why Should We Study History? “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.” - Thomas Jefferson “If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.” - Aristotle

  9. Cause & Effect Complete this Web-quest: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~new192/webquest.html When Finished Please Answer: 1. What was the effect of the Potato Famine on Immigration in the U.S.? 2. What was the effect of the Potato Famine on the population of Great Britain? 3. What impact did this have on different parts of the world? 4. What are the multiple causes for these effects?

  10. Review What is History? What does History Mean? Why is it Important to Study History? Why do you think Historians Break it into Sections? Why is Cause and Effect important to the study of History? What is one Other Piece of Information You Learned?

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