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Write a response in your notebook to the following question:
If you wanted someone in the future to know about you, how would you tell them?
Where does history come from?
Who writes history?
How & Where do they find it?
How do they know what to write?
How do they know if it is true?
Who writes history...
Archaeology: The study of really old stuff dug up from the ground; the remains. Archaeologists dig up stuff, and anything they find is an artifact.
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Archaeologists use modern day science - carbon dating, DNA, and bits of Geology and Biology to determine what they’ve found.
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Who writes history...
Anthropology: The study of people and culture;
any humans and any society created by them, at any time (Cultural Anthropology).
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Anthropologists study cultures from ancient to modern. They look at social structure (how a society is set up).
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It is also the study of human evolution (Physical Anthropology).
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Who writes history...
Well, then there is of course the field of History.
Historians research, analyze, interpret, and present the past by studying a variety of written and visual documents and sources. sources.http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/historians.htm�http://activehistory.co.uk/updates/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/A-Famous-Historian.jpg
- A bit about sources
Primary Source: First-hand accounts about people or events from people who had a connection to it.
A diary, letter, legal document or picture would be a primary source.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/images/sources_kings_list.jpg
- A bit about sources
Secondary Source: Information about the past that is not direct experience. It draws on primary sources.
A book about Egypt written by someone using primary source evidence, or a TV documentary with images of a primary source would be a secondary source.�http://www.articlesweb.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/an-approach-to-wisdom-history-books/history-books-3.jpg�
Other fields of study help historians figure out the past too...
Sociology - Study of society and social interaction.
Geography - Study of the Global Place
Linguistics - Examines the History of Language
Geology - Study of the Earth’s history
Biology - Study of living organisms
Who writes history...
The historian uses all of these things to figure out what happened in the past. A historian might look at the big picture, little details, or anything in between!
Who writes history...
What is important is to corroborate (verify) information found with other information. This is how the historian discovers what is true.
Now… if there were a quiz some day soon, some words that might be on it would be...
- Do Now -
We did an activity where you were asked to think and observe like an Archaeologist.
Write a brief reflection to hand in: