February 10th - Outline, How to Make Notes, Historical Thinking, Primary Sources |
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Noted scholar Peter Seixas has broken down the way we think about history into six concepts: I
- Historical significance - It matters, We use various criteria to decide if a person or event from the past is significant: Importance at the time, Impact on the future (through change), Contribution to understanding the past and/or present.
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2. Historical evidence - how do we know it happened? Evidence - Primary (originates during or directly from the event being studied) and Secondary Sources (originates after the event in question).
Any arguments made from analyzing a source of evidence must be checked against other sources(either primary or secondary). You must investigate and ask good questions about the source itself, such as, Who created this? When was it created? and Why was it created?
Any arguments made from analyzing a source of evidence must be checked against other sources(either primary or secondary). You must investigate and ask good questions about the source itself, such as, Who created this? When was it created? and Why was it created?
Primary or Secondary Source Quiz
3. Continuity and change - Events help to keep the status quo, or help to change (progress/decline). Helps us look at events and determine importance.
4. Cause and consequence - The causes of historical events are usually multiple and complex—there is never just one cause. Intentional/Unintentional.
Consequences: short-term, long-term, unintentional (think cell phones impact on human interaction/language).
5. Historical perspective - understanding the people of the past—understanding historical perspectivesor points of view.
You must consider the factors that influenced their viewpoint during the period:
their social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional setting.
Understanding the perspective of historical figures involves inferring(making an educated guess) about how they felt and thought, based on evidence.
When trying to understand people from the past, you must avoid presentism. X This means that you cannot examine the past through today's understandings, norms, scientific abilities, morality, etc. You must consider the historical time period the person[s] lived in.
6. Ethical judgements- After a fair examination of the past, an ethical judgementcan help us to "remember and respond to contributions, sacrifices, and injustices of the past."
For example, consider how the study of Canada's history of residential schools resulted in ethical judgement and a response to current issues.
4. Cause and consequence - The causes of historical events are usually multiple and complex—there is never just one cause. Intentional/Unintentional.
Consequences: short-term, long-term, unintentional (think cell phones impact on human interaction/language).
5. Historical perspective - understanding the people of the past—understanding historical perspectivesor points of view.
You must consider the factors that influenced their viewpoint during the period:
their social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional setting.
Understanding the perspective of historical figures involves inferring(making an educated guess) about how they felt and thought, based on evidence.
When trying to understand people from the past, you must avoid presentism. X This means that you cannot examine the past through today's understandings, norms, scientific abilities, morality, etc. You must consider the historical time period the person[s] lived in.
6. Ethical judgements- After a fair examination of the past, an ethical judgementcan help us to "remember and respond to contributions, sacrifices, and injustices of the past."
For example, consider how the study of Canada's history of residential schools resulted in ethical judgement and a response to current issues.