s1 history - introduction to history
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S1 History
The Living Past
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Mr. Gerald ChangStaffroom Ext. 561
Email: [email protected]
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Course coverage & expectations
Introduction to Secondary 1 syllabus Ancient Civilisations of India, China and Southeast Asia
Overview of topics Introduction to History Reconstruction of the Past Birth of Civilisations Government Society Religion & Philosophy Achievements in Arts and Sciences Contact & Interaction Internal Threats External Threats
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Course coverage & expectations
Skills to be mastered Short Answer Questions (SAQ) Source-Based Questions (SBQ) Structured Essay Questions (SEQ)
Requirements for daily work and assignments, group projects, term assessments and examinations To be handed in by the allocated date / time-line
Textbook, Notes and Assignments Bring your History textbook for every lesson Files all notes, completed and marked worksheets
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Any Questions?
JOURNEY INTO THE PASTAn Introduction to History
What is History?
The story of the past People
Ordinary and famous How they lived and what they
did
What is History? Events
Major world events, e.g. World War Two Local events, e.g. Orchard Road flooding* Their effects on us
Objects/Monuments/Buildings, e.g. Victoria Memorial Hall
Countries
History is the story of Man’s past. When we study History, we learn more about our past.
History in a record and the study of past human events which have shaped the way the world is today
What is History?
Patterns Common features Continuity Change
History is NOT just about
Dates Dead people Hard memory work Boring
* HISTORY IS INTERESTING!
Why Study History? Learn lessons from the past e.g. past success
and failures Understand society and change e.g.
understand why things are the way they are today - How did Orchard Road get its name?
Learn attitudes and understand or respect people e.g. appreciate that people in the past live in an environment very different from us
Learn critical thinking skills e.g. investigate, look for evidence and asking ‘Why’ questions
“Those who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.”
George Santayana
HomeworkTitle of Assignment: “This Day in History”
Your Task: You will select a current day in the calendar. Conduct a research on the selected day and find one important event that took place on this day in History. Record your research findings below in no more than 150 words about the event. You can choose to type out your findings or to write them on A4 pad.
*Presentation: You will be presenting this to your
classmates and relate to them what had happened ‘This Day in History’ during the next History lesson. Remember to keep your presentation to no more than 2 minutes.
Reconstructing the Past
Learning History
Questions to ask: What happened When it happened Where it happened Why it happened To whom it happened What its consequences were
Learning History Types of Sources
Written Oral Non-written Artefacts
Sources are collections of evidence or proof.
Broad classification of sources Primary Secondary
Primary Sources
Informational sources from the time of the event – Information provided by people who were involved in historical events or who witnessed the events
First-hand Examples
Written: autobiographies, diaries, letters, documents, newspaper articles, novels, poems
Pictorial: film footage, photographs, maps, art
Primary Sources Oral – Spoken words of eyewitnesses to
historical events E.g. Accounts, oral histories, songs, speeches
Artefacts – Items made and used by people of the past E.g. tools, jewellery, coins, paintings, clothes
Archaeology
The study of objects left behind by people in the past
Found through excavations Artefacts
Secondary Sources
Informational sources that analyse the event, often using several primary sources and compiling the information – Records of people who did not directly participate in or witness the events they describe
Second-hand onwards Examples
Biographies, encyclopedias, history books, textbooks
Problems of Historians
Insufficient evidence New evidence Reliability
Biased – One sided view of things? On purpose or by accident?
Fact or opinion? Internet - can we trust
what we read?
Evaluating Sources The Three Cs
Credibility Can we believe the source? Trustworthy? Any reason to lie or exaggerate – Then the evidence may be
considered unreliable Consistency
Is the information the same when repeated? Does it contain statements that have similar meaning? i.e.
Contradictory statements? Corroboration
Do other sources say the same thing? Provide information to support it i.e. do two accounts of a
same event or situation agree with one another? Two sources providing evidence to corroborate.
Facts of Opinions
Must pass the 3Cs test for a piece of evidence to be considered reliable – becomes a fact – historians then use a collection of facts to put together an accurate picture of the past
Thoughts or beliefs – others may not agree - Opinion
Evaluating Sources Provenance
Who produced the information? A person or a group?
When was the information produced? Where was the information published?
Content What does the source tell me?
Reliability Does the information show a particular point of
view, perspective or bias? Usefulness
Does the source tell me what I need to know?
Measuring History
Chronology Putting events in their order of
happening
Circa/c. = around the time of Decade (10 years), century (100
years), millennium (1000 years) Dynasties and periods
Chinese history, e.g. Han/Qin/Tang Dynasties
Measuring History
Counting history Before Christ (BC) and Anno Domini (AD) Before Common Era (BCE) and Common
Era (CE)
Dating systems Muslim, Chinese, Jewish, Indian,
Gregorian
The Living Past
Evolving history Discovery of new evidence Need to revise views and interpretations History that includes the role of women
(“Herstory”)
Prehistory and History
Artefacts vs written records
Ages and periods