Grade 10: History Chpt 1: Historiography Development in the west

Reorder the following : Stages of Historiography.

• To critically examine various sources of history.

• To formulate hypotheses and present theories.

• To formulate relevant questions related to historical references.

• To collect historical information and examining its references

• To do comparative analysis of the information.

Notable scholars in Europe.​ ​ ​ ​

• Rene Descartes
• William Bentinck

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Leopold von Ranke
• Socrates

About different scholars in History.

Groups:

(a) Rene Descartes

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(b) Voltaire

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(c) Georg Hegel

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(d) Karl Marx

• He wrote the book ‘Discourse on the method’.

• He proposed a theory on Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis.

• Founder of modern historiography.

• Historical reality should be presented in a logical manner.

• Never to accept anything as the truth till all grounds of doubts are excluded.

• The class which owns the means of production exploits the rest of the classes.

• Understanding all aspects of human life is important for history writing.

• He opined that in historiography the focus should not be on objective truth or chronology.

• He wrote the book ‘Das Kapital’.

• The order of historical events are indicative of progress.

• History is not about abstract ideas but about living people.

• He wrote the book ‘Reason in history’.

• It is important to verify the reliability of historical documents by critically examining them.

Talk about ‘Karl Marx and his class struggles’.

(Time: 1 min)

1 min video

Write a short note on:

1. 1. Dialectics

2. 2. Annales school.

Name any 2 disciplines helpful in historical research.