Define history
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History…what’s it all about?
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Is it about Facts about dead people and events that need to be memorized and
repeated for a test?
What time is lunch?
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Sorry…but that is a part of studying History…..
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But there is a more
important reason to study History!
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History is about answering Big Questions that have
shaped who we are…
Please do tell...
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Big Questions lead to Big Ideas…about who we are!
1. What is the cause for war?
2. Who should have rights and who should not?
3. When is it right to kill to take someone’s land?
4. What does it take to be a superpower?
5. How does geography shape who we are?
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As students you will look for historical evidence from different perspectives to answer a question…
Let’s look at a question that affectsthe ladies in the room…
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Should women have equal rights with men?
Women should not have equal rights because…
Women should not have equal rights because…
Women should not haveequal rights because…
Women should have equalrights because…
Women should have equal rights because…
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The Challenge: History deals with competing, conflicting stories / evidence about the past.
History is someone's interpretation!
Soooo….Who is telling the “truth”?
Once you have studied the evidence, you are invited to develop and defend your answer for that question.
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One can be changed, transformed by what one learns.
(Holt)