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Reading: Dragon Markings
• Every time you read, you will be expected to MARK YOUR TEXT!!
• Why? It helps you pay attention to and interpret what you read!
1st time reading:(1) Number paragraphs
2nd time reading: Circle key terms and essential words
3rd time reading: Underline
author’s claims and information
relevant to reading purpose
Reading: Dragon Markings
• Set up your paper:• Create a column in the left third of your
paper. • Take your notes in the remaining space on
the right.
• Outline Notes• Doodle / Visual Notes https://
youtu.be/gY9KdRfNN9w
Dragon Notes Part I
History Basics• What is History anyway??• Ok, so what’s prehistory?• How Do we know when things happened?• Calendars• “Zero”• AD,BC,BCE,CE, IDK, BFF???• Years and centuries
Timelines
Timeline: End of WWII
Abbreviations to know…
BC
BCE
AD
CE
c.
c.
Before Christ
Before Common Era
Anno Domini (the year of our Lord)
Common Era
Century (appears after a number)
Mean the same
thing!
Circa (appears before a date or year)
Mean the same thing!
CE and AD
Why would historians use “CE” and “BCE” instead of “BC” and “AD”?
When does the Common Era start?
Are we in the Common Era right now?
BCE and BC
What’s different about how we count years in BCE vs. CE?
THINKER: How many years ago was the year 1035 BC?
0 20152000 BC 1000 BC 1000
Circa
Circa means “about”So if you see –
c. 1600
that means around the year 1600
The “c” is BEFORE the year
Centuries
How long is a century? What century are we in right now? Does that make sense?
0 - 100 100 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400
1st CENTURY
2nd CENTURY
3rd
CENTURY4th
CENTURY
Years(CE)
Centuries
So what century is the year 567 in?
1492?
0 - 100 100 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400
1st CENTURY
2nd CENTURY
3rd
CENTURY4th
CENTURY
Years(CE)
6th Century
15th Century
Centuries
“c” stands for Century The year 1492 is in the 15th c.
0 - 99 100 - 199 200 - 299 300 - 399Years(CE)
1st CENTURY
2nd CENTURY
3rd
CENTURY4th
CENTURY
The “c” is AFTER the year
Centuries + B.C.E.
It works the same way in B.C.E. ...
So what century is the year 234 BC in?
99 - 1299 - 200 199 - 100399 - 300Years(BCE)
4th
CENTURY BCE
3rd CENTURY
BCE
2nd CENTURY
BCE
1st CENTURY
BCE
0
3rd century BCE
WHAP Sub Regions
more Basics of History…
• Disagreement and “revisionist history”• History is incomplete• Selectivity• Bias, distortion, & drama• Sources
–Primary–Secondary
RAMBO• Reliability - author? eye witness? • Audience - who are they speaking to
“target audience”• Bias - any word that is not neutral;
identify the direction of the bias• Motive - purpose why• Occasion - what time, when, how does
that affect what’s being said.
Environmental Determinism
The theory that the environment determines the patterns of human culture and societal development.
Ex: tropical climate: calmed, relaxed attitude arctic climate: strong work ethic fast-paced lifestyle.
Environmental Determinism
• “Why weren’t Native Americans, Africans, and Aboriginal Australians the ones who conquered or exterminated Europeans and Asians?”- Jared Diamond; GG&S
• Because of a developmental advantage in the use of technology.
Environmental Determinism
Historiography 1. The body of techniques, theories, and principles of
historical research and presentation; methods of historical scholarship.
Verisimilitude1. the appearance or semblance of truth;
likelihood; probability.
2. something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
Be Aware…• Historiography• “revisionist history”• History is incomplete• Selectivity• Bias, distortion, & drama• Sources
– Primary– Secondary
Dragon Notes1. Review your notes with a
partner and highlight, circle or star key words, dates and events.
2. By yourself, write 2 questions that are Level 2 or higher in the “Vocabulary/Question” column to help you process the notes.
3. Share your questions with a different partner. Can they answer your questions based on the notes?
4. Write a summary of the notes in your own words. Do not quote directly from your notes.