History?. WHAT?. WHY?. HOW?. How do we decide what and whose stories to tell?. Historical Significance. Events of History Timeline. Activity #1. Results in a . Change. Reveals. something about the past or the future. ID: 498220
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Historical thinking concepts
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History?
WHAT?
WHY?
HOW?
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How do we decide what and whose stories to tell?
Historical Significance
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Events of History Timeline
Activity #1
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Results in a ChangeReveals something about the past or the futureConstruct- They are meaningful stories that need to be toldVaries from time to time and place to place- history is not fixed it is based on perspectives. (worldview)
Historical Significance
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How do we Know what we know?
Primary Source Evidence
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Chart Your History
Activity #2
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Interpretation based on Influences from Primary sourcesAsk Good questions- read between the linesWorldview of the sourceLook at the historical settingBack it up- never stand alone.
Continuity and change are interwovenChange is a process with moments of turning points.Progress and decline are how change happens over time.Change happens in periods over time.
Continuity and Change
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Elementary school Middle school High school
Timeline of continuityand change
Change or continuity?
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What do historical injustices and sacrifices mean for us today?
Ethical Dimensions of History
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How can history help us live in the present?
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Heroes and VillainsDo you care about certain characters?Did it inspire you to do something/ make you aware of something/ feel empathy for something or someone?
When is a textbook like a movie?
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What are the heroes, villains or victims? How do you know?What message is the author sendingHow do you know?
Ethical Judgment
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Recognize the implicit and explicit ethical stances in media sources.Take into account the historical contextCautious about imposing modern day ethics on past events.History should inform us to remember and respond to eventsMake informed ethical judgments.
Ethical dimensions of History
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M
emorials
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Choose a memorial based on the time period of your class:- Modern History 1500- Present Age (Grade 11)- Ancient History- 3500 BCE- 1000 (Grade 10)
Assess a memorial
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What are the causes that are hidden from view?
Cause and Consequence
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Change is driven by multiple causes- long term and short term causes.Events that causes significant historyHistorical actors and economic conditionsUnintended consequencesEvents of history was not inevitable.
Cause and Consequence
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This involved the racial attitudes and motivations of the white workers who rampaged. Did the workers cause the riot? In some sense they did. But the causes must be set in the larger context of employers paying Chinese workers a fraction of the regular wage rate and the desperate situation of Chinese Canadian workers after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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Presentations text content in Historical thinking concepts
Historical thinking concepts
Slide2History?
WHAT?
WHY?
HOW?
Slide3How do we decide what and whose stories to tell?
Historical Significance
Slide4Events of History Timeline
Activity #1
Slide5Results in a ChangeReveals something about the past or the futureConstruct- They are meaningful stories that need to be toldVaries from time to time and place to place- history is not fixed it is based on perspectives. (worldview)
Historical Significance
Slide6How do we Know what we know?
Primary Source Evidence
Slide7Chart Your History
Activity #2
Slide8Interpretation based on Influences from Primary sourcesAsk Good questions- read between the linesWorldview of the sourceLook at the historical settingBack it up- never stand alone.
Primary Source Evidence
Slide9http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/
Examine Artifacts
Slide10Does change always mean progress?
Continuity and Change
Slide11Guess the country???????????????
Activity (BLM: 3.1)
Slide12Continuity or Change?
Slide13Continuity or Change?
Slide14Continuity and change are interwovenChange is a process with moments of turning points.Progress and decline are how change happens over time.Change happens in periods over time.
Continuity and Change
Slide15Elementary school Middle school High school
Timeline of continuityand change
Change or continuity?
Slide16What do historical injustices and sacrifices mean for us today?
Ethical Dimensions of History
Slide17How can history help us live in the present?
Slide18Heroes and VillainsDo you care about certain characters?Did it inspire you to do something/ make you aware of something/ feel empathy for something or someone?
When is a textbook like a movie?
Slide19What are the heroes, villains or victims? How do you know?What message is the author sendingHow do you know?
Ethical Judgment
Slide20Recognize the implicit and explicit ethical stances in media sources.Take into account the historical contextCautious about imposing modern day ethics on past events.History should inform us to remember and respond to eventsMake informed ethical judgments.
Ethical dimensions of History
Slide21M
emorials
Slide22Choose a memorial based on the time period of your class:- Modern History 1500- Present Age (Grade 11)- Ancient History- 3500 BCE- 1000 (Grade 10)
Assess a memorial
Slide23What are the causes that are hidden from view?
Cause and Consequence
Slide24Change is driven by multiple causes- long term and short term causes.Events that causes significant historyHistorical actors and economic conditionsUnintended consequencesEvents of history was not inevitable.
Cause and Consequence
Slide25Slide26This involved the racial attitudes and motivations of the white workers who rampaged. Did the workers cause the riot? In some sense they did. But the causes must be set in the larger context of employers paying Chinese workers a fraction of the regular wage rate and the desperate situation of Chinese Canadian workers after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Vancouver anti-Chinese riot of 1887
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