Unpacking the Suitcase

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Unpacking the Suitcase The Skills to Survive in Weber-Nation

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Unpacking the Suitcase. The Skills to Survive in Weber-Nation. DO NOW. Please grab a two column note worksheet Please label the top “Weber Tool Kit”. Example of how to take Weber Notes. Warm Up. Create a one paragraph history the following pictures on a separate piece of paper. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Skills to Survive in Weber-Nation

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DO NOW

• Please grab a two column note worksheet• Please label the top “Weber Tool Kit”

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Example of how to take Weber Notes

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Warm Up

• Create a one paragraph history the following pictures on a separate piece of paper.– Answer the flowing questions:• What happened to this person today?• What can we learn about this person’s life?

• Note: Any conclusions that you draw MUST be supported by evidence from the pictures

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Today’s Main Ideas

• By the end of class, you will be able to:– Define a primary source– Define a secondary source– Define bias– Define frame of reference

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Critical Thinking

• How was this activity like what historians do on everyday on their job?– Break into groups with the people you are seated

next to. – Come up with 3-5 ways this could be like what a

historian does

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Relying on Prior Knowledge

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Making Educated Guesses

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Primary vs. Secondary Sources

• Two different types of artifacts used to study– Can you think of some types of artifacts we use to

study?

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Primary Sources

• Sources from the time period in which they were created

• We divide them into 3 categories– Original Documents- diaries, speeches, newspaper– Creative Works- plays, movies, poetry– Artifacts- pottery, furniture, clothing

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Secondary Sources

• Sources that were created AFTER the event in question– Examples: Can you think of some examples?

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Textbooks

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Encyclopedias

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Problems with Sources

• Each type of source has it’s own problems• Brainstorm with a partner- – What are some problems with primary sources?– What are some problems with secondary sources?

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Frame of Reference

• Everybody has a past• Everything that you are, everything that you

do, defines who you are– What are some things that define your

personality?• This is a frame of reference

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Bias

• To favor one person, place, thing, or idea over another– What are some examples of bias?

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Prof. Snape is biased (and mean)

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Check Out Questions

• In the summary section of your notes, please answer the following questions– How is a primary source different than a

secondary source?– How can someone be biased?– What is a frame of reference?

• WHEN YOU ARE DONE- HAND IN YOUR NOTES