An Introduction to History

1. An Introduction to History What is History? Why study History?

2. Lesson Objectives • Students will get a brief introduction into the subject of History. • Students will know what is History and why they should study History. Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

3. What is History? Share with your partner your opinions and ideas! (2 Minutes) Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

4. What is History? • Do you know what happened in these pictures? Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

5. What is History? • Do you know these people? Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

6. What is History? It is a study of past human events that have shaped the world the way it is today. It could be the study of the past of a small group of people or a whole country! What are some examples of events that have shaped your life? What are some examples that you can think of that have shaped the world? Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

7. When studying History, we want to find out the following: • What happened? • When it happened? • Where it happened? • Why it happened? • To whom it happened? • And what its consequences were. WHY? Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

8. Why study History? • Is this how you feel about History? • If History is about the past, then is it relevant anymore? Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

9. Why study History? Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. —George Santayana Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

10. Why study History? • Understanding change and how our society came to be. • Learning from past successes and failures. • Understanding and respecting one another. • Developing our critical thinking skills. Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

11. Your Personal History Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

12. Your Personal History TASK A: Personal History • Please submit a personal history of yourself by including details of your: a) time and place of birth, b) schooling history and c) childhood memories. • Try to include pictures of yourself throughout the different stages of your life. Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

13. TAN BENG LIANG (Grandfather) LEE LIAN ENG (Grandmother) RICHARD TAN (Father) MARY SIM (Mother) ARTHUR TAN (Uncle) MIKE TAN (Myself) SONIA TAN (Sister) Your Personal History TASK B: Family History (CA Marks) • Draw a family tree based on your own family. A simple family tree will look like this: Include as many details as you can about the different members of your family, such as their date of birth, date of marriage, etc. Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

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17. HW Policy: Student Handbook • Personal and Family History Project • To be done on 2 sheets of A3/A4 paper. • Due on 14th January 2013, Monday • You have 1 week to complete this project. • Failure to hand in = 0 Marks Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

18. HW Policy: Student Handbook • Project(Due next week) • WB pages 1-3 (Due next lesson, 10 Jan’ 13) • File = Green RING File Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

19. Lesson Objectives • Students will get a brief introduction into the subject of History. • Students will know what is History and why they should study History. Prepared by Miss T. Deepa

20. Looking Forward… Chapter 2: Reconstructing the Past – How do we find out about our past? • Read up TB pages 11 – 20so that you have an idea of what’s going to happen in the next lesson.  Prepared by Miss T. Deepa