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Agenda 9/8/14• Bellwork: On the piece of paper you received, answer
the following: (3 min)1. How do you define history?
2. Why do you think we study history?
Remember: This is the time you grab your folders, sharpen pencils, and get right to work.
• Notes: Study of History• Summary• Homework: None IF you already have turned in your parent
form and have a notebook
I. Studying History
1. Historian:
a. study’s the lives of people in different times and places
b. collect evidence to interpret events
2. Key Historical Terms:a. primary source = firsthand information about
people or eventsex. diaries, letters, eyewitness, laws, court decisions,
speeches, autobiographies b. secondary source = account provided after the fact
by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event
ex. textbooks, encyclopedias, articles, books, biographies
c. authenticity = is the source / artifact authentic (real / true)?
ex. false story, forged documents
d. artifact = objects made by humans
ex. stone tools, weapons, baskets, carvings
e. archeology = study of evidence left by early people in order to find out about their way of life (culture)
f. chronology (chronologic) = the order events take place
ex. timeline, placing events in order
Summary
• In your notebook, you will write a summary of today’s notes. You are to use the following terms in your summary. Underline the words.
• Do not restate the definition
primary source artifact chronology
secondary Source archeology historian
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