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Instructions • Anything written in yellow (slow down and pay attention) is useful information. You should write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS. • Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is critical information and should be copied exactly. • Anything in green (go on to the next point) you do not have to write.
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Instructions. Anything written in yellow (slow down and pay attention) is useful information. You should write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is critical information and should be copied exactly. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Instructions
• Anything written in yellow (slow down and pay attention) is useful information. You should write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
• Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is critical information and should be copied exactly.
• Anything in green (go on to the next point) you do not have to write.
Why is history important to study…or…why should it matter?
Ah, c’mon, history doesn’t matter to me you say…
…oh really?
The smallest decision can change the world.
That is what history is all about.
Fine, but I’m only in 10th grade, I can’t change the world.
Sure you can. But even if you don’t, how do you know if you don’t even try?
Luckily, history can be fun.That’s because history is all about the story.
Hollywood loves
history!
Well, what if I don’t like movies, I only like video
games.
Video games love history too!
Everyone loves a good story!
Ok, what about TV?
• Come on this is easy…
• We even get our own channel!
• Is there a math channel? Nope!
• ELA Channel? No way.
• Science? Ok, yes, but…
*SHARED UNDERSTANDINGS*SKILLS*HOW SHALL MAN LIVE
Let me share with you what I believe to be the three most important reasons to study history…
Shared Understandings…Expectations of our culture
• Holds our nation’s social fabric together
• Helps us communicate, which requires us to have shared, often taken for granted, information
CAN YOU THINK OF ANY EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE SHARED UNDERSTANDINGS?
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Skills…• Using primary documents and data• Analyzing point of view, frame of reference, and
context in order to understand differences• Comprehend and create timelines• Understand and evaluate significance and
relevance of history to today• Strengthen reading comprehension and writing
skills• Develop presentation skills• Identify and analyze changes and continuities
between different time periods and places
Skills…(did you know video)
HOW SHALL MAN LIVE….HOW DO WE LIVE A GOOD LIFE?*What are our goals, ambitions, values?
*What matters? Money, relationships, religion, knowledge, power?
*Do we want to live our lives like Hitler or Gandhi, like Washington or Saddam Hussein?
There is no other subject that you can change so easily.
