PPT-AP World History From Human Pre-history to the

E arly Civilization Chapter 1 What is prehistory The things that happened to humans before their was written records It is a lot like a vast black space penetrated by only an occasional pinpoint of light representing our current knowledge. Lecture 2: . Historiography 2014/15. Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 . ‘. Enlightenment is mankind’s exit from self-incurred immaturity. . . Immaturity. is the inability to make use of one’s own understanding without the guidance of another. Self-incurred is the inability if its cause lies not in the lack of understanding but rather in the lack of the resolution and the courage to use it without the guidance of another. . Frank . Bongiorno. School of History. Research School of Social Sciences. Australian National University. Puzzles in Cultural History. ‘ ... . a. nthropologists have found that the best points of entry in an attempt to penetrate an alien culture can be those where it seems to be most opaque. When you realize that you are not getting something – a joke, a proverb, a ceremony – that is particularly meaningful to the natives, you can see where to grasp a foreign system of meaning in order to unravel it.’ . Dr. Susan Mobley. November 21, 2014. A Brief History of History. From Ancient to Modern. The Ancient World. Assurnasirpal. , King of Assyria, spoke:. “600 of their warriors I put to the sword; 3,000 captives I burned with fire; I did not leave a single one of them alive to serve as a hostage . . . . Their governor I flayed and his skin I spread upon the wall of the city; the city I destroyed, I devastated, I burned with fire.” . Why do scholars study the people, events, and ideas of long ago?. Section 1. History is the study of the past.. We can improve our understanding of people’s actions and beliefs through the study of history. Advanced Placement. WHAP. Coach Jones. Coach Lucero. Coach Vasek. Coach Murdock. Mr. Ramirez. Welcome to WHAP!. WHAP is an opportunity to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different types of human societies. In essence, how did the world get where it is today. To affect this understanding, students need a combination of factual knowledge and analytical skills. . Mark Jarrett, Ph.D. Amy . Thibaut. . Montra. Rogers. Jarrett Publishing . Thibaut. Consulting Houston ISD. . World History. Resources. A Glossary . of World History Terms. A/K/A Why U.S. History isn’t enough. Arrived in last 20 years . One of biggest developments in U.S. historical thinking. A New Field. Study major civilizations. Compare similarities and differences . A sad commentary on humanity. Abraham Rinquist September 24, . 2016. . Genocide . Even the very definition of genocide is contested, but generally speaking, it refers to the intentional destruction of a particular race, ethnicity, religious group, or nationality. Genocides have occurred (and continue to occur) in every corner of the globe, in societies ancient and modern, for reasons as diverse as the acquisition of land and resources, to the demented hatred of a single man. Some scientists have even gone so far as to assert that genocide led to the extinction of Neanderthal man. Here are ten of the most heinous incidents in human history:. A sad commentary on humanity. Abraham Rinquist September 24, . 2016. . Genocide . Even the very definition of genocide is contested, but generally speaking, it refers to the intentional destruction of a particular race, ethnicity, religious group, or nationality. Genocides have occurred (and continue to occur) in every corner of the globe, in societies ancient and modern, for reasons as diverse as the acquisition of land and resources, to the demented hatred of a single man. Some scientists have even gone so far as to assert that genocide led to the extinction of Neanderthal man. Here are ten of the most heinous incidents in human history:. What is history?. What story is being told?. The dating of the poem sets the context in the immediate aftermath of the attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001.. Begins with the word ‘today’. The big events, symbolised by the war planes are set against the present – the beach and the child and parents there.. Spring 2015. World History Daily Warm Ups. Each day as you come in to class, there will be 2-3 warm up questions for you to complete. . You will have the first 15 minutes of class to write and answer each of the questions.. .. ”. Karl Popper. “. The Rise of . the West. after Twenty-Five Years. ”. Title: . “. The Rise of . the West . after . Twenty-Five Years. ”. Written by . W. illiam H. McNeill. Published by Journal of World History, Vol. . Lecture 2: . Historiography 2018/19. The question of human agency and human experience? . The question of historical change and what causes change?. The question of scale. The relationship between ‘particulars’ and ‘universals’ or, to frame it otherwise, between historical ‘facts’ and their wider meaning. . Dr. Claudia Stein . . Lecture 1: . What is historiography and why is it important? . Two Meanings of ‘Historiography’: . 1. It can describe the body of work written on a specific topic such as the history of war, the history of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, the history of fashion, Global history, women’s history etc... .