Contextualization

CONTEXTUALIZATION

Contextualization asks students to locate a document in time and
place and to understand how these factors shape its content.

• When and where was the document created?

• What was different then?

• What was the same?

• How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

Poll

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED WATCHING A MOVIE OR A TV MOVIE STARTING HALFWAY THROUGH?

• YES

• NO

Poll

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MAD AT YOUR BEST FRIEND FOR NOT TAKING YOUR CALLS ONLY TO FIND OUT SHE/HE DROPPED HER PHONE IN A HOT TUB OR IN THE TOILET?

• YES

• NO

Poll

WHAT ABOUT WHEN A NORMALLY FRIENDLY PERSON IS RUDE TO YOU
AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT HE/SHE IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING
HEAVY.

• YES

• NO

THESE ARE ALL RELATING TO CONTEXT

●CONTEXT IS VITAL IN UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AROUND US.

●CONTEXT CHANGES OUR VIEW OF SITUATIONS ALL THE TIME.

●THE MORE CONTEXT WE HAVE THE BETTER WE CAN UNDERSTAND
SITUATIONS AND HISTORY.

WHEN WE START TO LEARN ABOUT AN EVENT OR PERSON IN THE PAST,
WE HAVE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL SITUATION

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WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE REGION AND THE WORLD AT THAT TIME?

Multiple Select

When you read a historic text, you have to make a research about...

• When was it written?

• Under what circumstances was it

• Was the author single?

• What had happened just before the author wrote the text?