What is History?

RecallHistory is what we choose to ________ about the past. Our common ________ binds us together.

The Hall of Remembrance, USHMM

remember

experiences

Is Superman really Super?

Recall and InterpretationHistory involves ___________ people and events.Historians _________ between the lines.History can ______________ ideas.______________ means guessing about the past.

explaining

read

illustrate

Speculation

Why did Kanye steal Taylor Swift’s award moment?

Interpretation and Illustration

•What is happening in the image?

•Which side created the image? Why?

Interpretation and Illustration

Use the past to __________ the present.The past must engage in ________ with the present.Use ____________ experiences to make sense of the past.Examine situations in the _______.

dialogue

personal

understand

past

Why did Bella fall for Edward instead of Jacob?

AnalysisHistory involves figuring out _____________________situations.Break the event down into its ______: Which _______ can you identify? Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War? Examine each part. How are the battles ____________?Try to create a ____________of events: Which are causes? effects?

complicatedparts

parts

relatedtimeline

Illustration: Analysis

How did Katniss survive the Hunger Games?

Synthesis: Creating a New IdeaHistory involves making ________ out of a jumble of facts. You can search for ____________.You can __________: Guess at reasons for outcomes.You can _____________: Could World War II have been avoided?You can make _______________:Broad statements that summarize.

sense

patternsspeculate

predict

generalizations

Can you figure our what happened?

Synthesis: Creating A New Idea

Hiroshima, Japan after the A-bomb

Draw your own conclusions: Dropping the atomic bomb - justified or unjustified?

Evaluation

History involves making ____________ about people in events.Example: You can examine all sides of the ___________ ____________ issue.You can debate the pros and cons of ________________ the schools.You can describe the ______________ and weaknesses of the President's policy.

judgments

Civil Rights

integratingstrengths

EvaluationYou can examine the advantages and _____________________ of the strategy of non-violence.You can judge whether a person, policy, or event measured up to a high ________________.Example: To what extent did ___________________ measure up to the standard of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Golden Rule?

disadvantages

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

standard

Do you think the jury reached the correct verdict?

Why Study History?“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.” — _____________ ___________

Thomas Jefferson