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Instructions. Anything written in yellow (slow down and pay attention) is useful information. You should write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is critical information and should be copied exactly.
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Instructions • Anything written in yellow (slow down and pay attention) is useful information. You should write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS. • Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is critical information and should be copied exactly. • Anything in green (go on to the next point) you do not have to write.
Ah, c’mon, history doesn’t matter to me you say… …oh really?
The smallest decision can change the world. That is what history is all about.
Fine, but I’m only in 10th grade, I can’t change the world. Sure you can. But even if you don’t, how do you know if you don’t even try?
Luckily, history can be fun. That’s because history is all about the story.
Well, what if I don’t like movies, I only like video games. Video games love history too!
Come on this is easy… • We even get our own channel! • Is there a math channel? Nope! • ELA Channel? No way. • Science? Ok, yes, but…
Let me share with you what I believe to be the three most important reasons to study history… *Shared understandings*Skills*How Shall Man live
Shared Understandings…Expectations of our culture • Holds our nation’s social fabric together • Helps us communicate, which requires us to have shared, often taken for granted, information
Can you think of any examples of things that might be shared understandings?
Skills… • Using primary documents and data • Analyzing point of view, frame of reference, and context in order to understand differences • Comprehend and create timelines • Understand and evaluate significance and relevance of history to today • Strengthen reading comprehension and writing skills • Develop presentation skills • Identify and analyze changes and continuities between different time periods and places
*What are our goals, ambitions, values? *What matters? Money, relationships, religion, knowledge, power? *Do we want to live our lives like Hitler or Gandhi, like Washington or Saddam Hussein? How shall man live….how do we live a good life?
