5 themes of History

What is world history?

• An account of the past on a state scale

• An account of the past on a country scale

• An account of the past on a world scale

• An account of the past on a city scale

What is one approach to teaching world history?

• "big picture"

• Eastern Heritage

• all cultures

• small picture

What is a primary source?

• documents or other records of past events produced by people who experienced those events or who lived at the time

• documents created by scholars or other experts

What is the perspective or opinion a creator brings to a work?

• Chronology

• Bias

• Point of view

What is a sequence of events ?

• Point of view

• Bias

• Chronology

This theme of history has to do with topics such as disease, population growth, migration, and patterns of human settlement.

• Social Structures

• Political Structures

• Interactions between humans and environment

• Cultural Interactions

• Economic Structures

This theme of history has to do with the way in which societies organize their economies.

• Social Structure

• Political Structure

• Interactions between Humans and Environment

• Cultural Interactions

• Economic Structures

This theme of history has to do with the way people have exchanged ideas and adapted new beliefs and customs.

• Social Structure

• Political Structure

• Interactions between Humans and Environment

• Cultural Interactions

• Economic Structures

This theme of history has to do with how people formed social groups to meet their need for food, shelter, and security.

• Social Structure

• Political Structure

• Interactions Between Humans and the Environment

• Cultural Interactions

• Economic Structures

This theme of history has to do with the creation of political systems and forms of government.

• Social Structure

• Political Structure

• Interactions between Humans and the Environment

• Cultural Interactions

• Economic Structures