Sunday, June 22, 2008

Week 1- Historiography

This week, we will be exploring historiography (interpreting and writing about history).  We will: 
  • think about how history is constructed.  
  • learn about primary and secondary sources, credibility of evidence, and the ways historians interpret evidence.   
  • learn how to write a thesis. 
In order to do this, we will: 
  • think, read, write and discuss.
  • "become" historians.
  • watch a film. 
  • go on a field trip to Plantation Village (Friday).

12 comments:

Camille CCL said...
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Anonymous said...

I learned that historiography is the study of history and that primary and secondary sources are used everyday, like a crime scene.

Camille CCL said...

i learned that the black panthers was kind of like a group made in retaliation of being mistreated by the police kind of.

Alex said...

It was interesting to learn that sources are categorized by who wrote the article on a topic

Anonymous said...

Historiography is the study of history.

qmarting12 said...

Primary sources come directly from the event. So a person who was their at the time would be primary source if interviewed. A secondary source would be if someone researched and wrote about the event. So if another historian wrote a report on Pearl Harbor and you wanted to learn about it the document that the historian wrote would be a secondary source.

SawyerNovak said...

In this ISS session, I have learned the difference of primary and secondary sources of information and how to use them effectively. I have also learned how to become a historian by figuring out a crisis and coming up with a conclusion.

SawyerNovak said...
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clen12 said...

I learned about primary and secondary sources of information. I also learned that you use the primary and secondary sources as information for your historical finding.

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Poptarts said...

I learned the differences between primary and secondary and how they both relay info in different ways. I found the activities in class very interesting and learned that history is many different things.

Max said...

I learned that primary sources are very important because unlike secondary sources like people who already wrote about that event, primary sources are a source in which you yourself can write your own perspective on that particular event