Unit 1: Intro To World History

Warm-Up

• "The past is history, the future a mystery, but today is a gift, that's why it's called the present." – Bil Keane

Questions We Ask

• What is History?

• What is World History?

• Why is the study of history important?

Prehistory v. History

• Prehistory- history BEFORE it was written down.

• History- knowledge of the past through written record.– Greek-historia-meaning inquiry, knowledge

acquired by investigation.

Eras

• Era- a period of time marked by distinctive characteristics, events, peoples, etc.– Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age (Prehistory)– Ancient Civilizations (Ancient Times)– Medieval (Middle Ages/Dark Ages)– Modern Era

Time Periods

• B.C./A.D. v. B.C.E./C.E.– B.C.-Before Christ– A.D.-Anno Domini-Latin-In The Year of Our

Lord– B.C.E.-Before Common Era or Before Current

Era– C.E.-Common Era or Current Era

Warm-Up

• Where does the word "history" come from and what does it mean?

Calculating Time

• B.C. dates are numbered backwards, so the larger the number, the earlier the date.– 2000 B.C. < 500 B.C.

• A.D. dates are numbered forward, so the smaller the number the earlier the date.– 1990 A.D. > 700 A.D.

***Important- Remember to write B.C. or A.D. when referring to a certain date. Don’t just write, 450. Write 450 BC or 450 AD.***

Calculating Time Cont…

• If you want to figure out how many years in between events occurred, us the following formulas.

• Formulas:– When the dates are the same, BC or AD, you

subtract the dates.• 2100 BC – 1100 BC = 1000 Years between the

two dates.• 1400 AD – 800 AD = 600 years between the two

dates.

• Formulas:– When the dates are different, BC & AD, you

add the years.• 200 BC + 200 AD = 400 Years between the two

dates.• 3500 BC + 500 AD = 4000 Years between the two

dates.

Practice

• How many years between 20,000 BC and 15,000 BC?– 5000 Years

• How many years between 1300 AD and 1500 BC?– 2800 Years

• How many years between 1776 AD and 2013 AD?– 237 years

Centuries

• Century- 100 years.– Since there is no year “0”, we go from 1 BC to 1 AD.

• 1st Century- years 1-100 AD• 2nd Century- years 101-200 AD• 8th Century- years

– 701-800 AD

• 16th Century- years – 1501-1600 AD

• What century do we currently live in?21st!!!

Warm-Ups

• When talking about the year 742CE, what century are we talking about? How many years are there between 243BCE and 576AD?

• A way of displaying time periods and events in chronological order of when they happened.

– It helps create a relationship between events.

Timelines

Warm-Ups

• "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -George Santayana.

Warm-Up

• What is the purpose of a timeline?

Regions of the World

Climate Map

Population Maps

Population Map Cont…

Topographic Map

Road/Street Maps

Reading Population Pyramids

Warm-Up

• What type of map displays countries and the capital cities?

Sources

• Primary v. Secondary– Primary- original source of information.

• Ex. A person who saw a car crash and gave a report of the events that happened to a news reporter.

– Secondary- not original source of information.• Ex. A person who read about the car crash and

wrote about it on Facebook.

Point of View

• First Person Narrative- a story told by the author as a character within the story.– Usually using wording like “I”, “Me” “We”.

• Second Person Narrative- the narrator will usually refer to “you” to make the reader feel like they are a character of the story.

• Third Person Narrative- most common and always refers to the characters by name or, “he”, “she”, “they”.– Never uses “I”, “We”, or “You” in the story.

APPARTS

• Author

• Place and Time

• Prior Knowledge

• Audience

• Reason

• The Main Idea

• Significance

Document Based Questions(aka DBQ)

• The good thing, you don’t need to know anything about the topic.

• The bad thing, you have to read • Typical setup:

– Reading section. Usually 5-8 sentences.– Prompt (instructions/question)

Warm-Up

• A historian just read a book written by Winston Churchill and then writes his own book on Winston Churchill. The book that the historian writes is considered what type of source?

Warm-Up

• What point of view narrative never uses I or You in the story?

Warm-Up

• I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

–Albert Einstein.

Warm-Up

• "I did not fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." –Benjamin Franklin