Intro to Historical Perspective - Week 1 and 2

What is historical perspective?

• analyzing the causes and consequences of past events

• understanding the social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional settings that shaped people's lives and actions in the past.

• establishing a timeline of events to compare historical developments

• identifying the relationships between different historical contexts and people's viewpoints at the time

What is the purpose of studying history?

• to analyze the influence of geography on human societies and the environment

• to understand how the past has shaped relationships within and between societies and people

• to examine how cultural aspects define a population and which people or institutions have the power to influence culture

What does the term 'sourcing' mean when analyzing a historical event?

• who wrote it, when, where, and why-is it trustworthy

• finding the geographical location of a source

• translating a source from one language to another

• identifying the author's favorite color

What does a close reading involve?

• focusing on the historical context of the text

• comparing the text with other sources

• analyzing for author's perspective, agenda, and language - Does it persuade or influence me?

• identifying the author's background and the time of writing

What is corroboration when thinking like a historian?

• To place it in its historical context and understand the social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional factors of the time

• seeing if I find the same information in other other sources

• To analyze the author's perspective, agenda, and language to determine if it influences me

• To identify the author, the time and place of writing, and the purpose of the document

What does it contextualization mean when thinking like a historian?

• putting it in time and place to consider what was going on during that time period; socially, culturally, intellectually, emotionally

• To check if the same information is available in other sources

• To analyze the author's perspective, agenda, and language to see if it influences me

• To identify the author, the time it was written, the location, and the purpose

In our class, we discussed the sayings: "The victors write history." AND "Whoever controls the past governs the future. Whoever controls the present governs the past." Based on our discussion, why is it crucial to adopt a historian's perspective when examining historical events?

• it's simple to understand the past from a single source

• history is a narrative that can be manipulated; we must strive to understand the complete picture from all perspectives

• any source can accurately depict the experiences of all individuals involved in a historical event

• because the only reliable and accurate sources are those we find on the internet

Which of the following terms is least likely to replace the term 'chronology'?

• Timeline

• Order

• Causality

• Sequence

What is the graphic organizer used to represent a period of time- used for marking events in chronological order?

• bar chart

• pie chart

• timeline

• flowchart

Which term is the same as using BCE (Before Common Era)?

• AD (Anno Domini)

• BC (Before Christ)

• CE (Common Era)