Let’s Talk History

1. Let’s Talk History Numbers? I thought this was social studies, not math! How on Earth do you read that?

2. Prehistory History Historians BEFORE written records A WRITTEN record of the past A person who finds out what happened in the past.

3. History • Prehistory Example: • Oral: stories or narratives passed down from older generations to younger generations. • Traditions, beliefs, folklore,… • Thanksgiving table • Crazy Uncle • Culture: describes the beliefs, traditions, music, art and social institutions of a group of people,

4. Primary Sources First hand original accounts of historical events. Example; letters, diaries, speeches, autobiographies, newspaper reports, a person who was there, remains, clothing, art, graves. Sources of Information

5. Secondary Sources Accounts of historical events written by people who did not personally witness the event. Example; biographies, textbooks, maps, encyclopedias and reference books.

6. Frame of Reference Beliefs or attitude; A person’s views can be influenced by social group, religion, occupation, and political attitudes. Using Primary Sources

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8. Details are still sketchy, but we think the name of the bird sucked into the jet's engines was Harold Meeker."

9. How birds see the world

10. "Oh, Ginger— you look absolutely stunning ... and whatever you rolled in sure does stink."

11. Chronology Time line The order in which events occur. Shows at a glance the chronology or time order of events Dates

12. B.C. B.C.E. Stands for “before Christ”. Starts backwards from when Christ was born. Before Common Era (same time period as B.C.)

13. A.D. (you usually Wont see this) C.E. Latin abbreviation anno Domino which means in the year of our lord. Starts when Christ was born Common Era- same as A.D. current time period

14. TIME LINE

15. SIMPLE RULES TO REMEMBER • ADD THE BC (OR BCE) DATE TO THE PRESENT DATE TO FIND OUT HOW LONG AGO AN EVENT WITH A BC DATE • SUBTRACT THE AD (OR CE) DATE FROM THE PRESENT YEAR TO FIND OUT HOW LONG AGO THE EVENT WAS

16. Centuries • To figure out what Century (every 100 years) an event happened in, you look at the first number (or numbers) of the year and add 1 (this is because there is no year 0) • Ex. 1764 is the 18th Century 17 + 1 = 18 • 2010 is the 21st century 20 + 1= 21 • 789 is the 8th century 7+1=8

17. Decade Century Centennial Bicentennial 10 years 100 years Celebration every 100 years Celebration every 200 years

18. Annually Biannual biennial Contemporary Circa Once a year 2 x a year Every 2 years Today’s time About or around that time

19. Practice • 1) The year 500 B.C. or B.C.E. happened • A. before 300 B.C. • B. after 300 B.C. • C. at the same time 2) How many years ago was A.D. 1510? 3) What would you do to find out long ago 200 B.C. was? • 4) What century is 1776? • 5) If humans arrived in North America some 30,000 years ago, was that before or after the Birth of Christ?

20. ANSWERS • 1) The year 500 B.C. or B.C.E. happened • A.before 300 B.C. • B. after 300 B.C. • C. at the same time 2) How many years ago was A.D. 1510? 501 years 3) What would you do to find out long ago 200 B.C. was? Add 200 to the current year: 2,210 • 4) What century is 1776? 18th • 5) If humans arrived in North America some 30,000 years ago, was that before or after the Birth of Christ? Before

21. Archaeologists v. Anthropologists • Archaeologists: study the artifacts and fossils to learn about the life and people of early times. • Anthropologists: study the development of human culture…”Paint us a picture of the times.” • Carbon 14 Testing: used to help date artifacts and fossils • Dr. W.F. Libby