Perspective in History

What are they?

Where do they come from?

Why does this matter?​

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​Mr. Marcum

World History​

​Historical Perspectives

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Multiple Choice

Which of these do you think is most like 'perspective'?

• Motivation

• Point of View

• Attitude

• Dialogue

-Where we live

-When we live

-Our surroundings

-Our family and neighbors​

​External Forces

-Our values

-Our beliefs

-Our ​feelings

-Our own biases or attitudes​

​Internal Forces

​Where do our Perspectives come from?

Get ready for a few quick questions!​

Multiple Choice

People's perspectives come from a combination of internal and external forces in their world.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of these best describes perspective?

• Searching for useful information

• Evaluating different problems

• A specific attitude or opinion about something

• An important topic or problem

Multiple Choice

Perspective could also be defined as:

• How the story is told

• Why the story is told

• Who is telling the story

• Where the story is being told

-History is complicated!

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-The more perspectives we have, then

the more completely we can understand an event in history.​

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-Leaving out perspectives can cause a number of problems.​

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​Be ready to share your thoughts!

​What does this have to do with History?

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Open Ended

Why is the idea of perspective important in History?

Open Ended

What can happen if we don't have different perspectives when studying something from History?

Open Ended

Let's practice:

How could Industrialization (using machines and factories to make more products faster) be both a good and bad thing?