History Camp : History, Family History

History can be defined as

• The study of individuals

• The study of our economy

• The study of our past

• The study of marriages

In one of the videos you watched during one of our classes, what is the name of the scholar that has done an extensive work on the meaning of history

• E. H. Can

• E. H. Carrington

• E. H. Carr

• E. H. Khan

Sources of history essentially include

• Written and printed materials

• Primary and secondary sources

• News papers and magazine sources

• Oral traditions and tales by moonlight

has been called the “father of history.” An engaging narrator with a deep interest in the customs of the people he described, he remains the leading source of original historical information not only for Greece between 550 and 479 BCE but also for much of western Asia and Egypt at that time.

• Herodotus

• Herod the great

• Agrippa

• King Solomon

Which amongst the following best describes history

• History is all events of today and what caused them.

• History helps us to relate what will happen tomorrow

• History helps us understand the events of the future with the aim of knowing today

• History helps us develop a better understanding of the world. You can't build a framework on which to base your life without understanding how things work in the world. History paints us a detailed picture of how society, technology, and government worked way back so that we can better understand how it works now with a view to projecting intonthe future.

In relation to what we have learnt in the camp, which amongst the following helps you keep your good memories

• Family tree

• Scrapbook of memories

• Family history

• Journal

When painting your family tree, how best should you start?

• From known to unknown

• From unknown to known

• From known to known

• From unknown to unknown

As you write your family history, one of the following should not be a source you may consider to get information

• Parents

• Grandparents

• Uncles and Aunties

• A new born child

If you are to create your family tree, who do you start with?

• Mum and dad

• Self and siblings

• Aunties and uncles

• Grandmas and grandpas

What is family history also called

• Geneology

• Philosophy

• Sociology

• Anthropology