Agenda 9/8/14• Bellwork: On the piece of paper you received, answer

the following: (3 min)1. How do you define history?

2. Why do you think we study history?

Remember: This is the time you grab your folders, sharpen pencils, and get right to work.

• Notes: Study of History• Summary• Homework: None IF you already have turned in your parent

form and have a notebook

I. Studying History

1. Historian:

a. study’s the lives of people in different times and places

b. collect evidence to interpret events

2. Key Historical Terms:a. primary source = firsthand information about

people or eventsex. diaries, letters, eyewitness, laws, court decisions,

speeches, autobiographies b. secondary source = account provided after the fact

by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event

ex. textbooks, encyclopedias, articles, books, biographies

c. authenticity = is the source / artifact authentic (real / true)?

ex. false story, forged documents

d. artifact = objects made by humans

ex. stone tools, weapons, baskets, carvings

e. archeology = study of evidence left by early people in order to find out about their way of life (culture)

f. chronology (chronologic) = the order events take place

ex. timeline, placing events in order

Summary

• In your notebook, you will write a summary of today’s notes. You are to use the following terms in your summary. Underline the words.

• Do not restate the definition

primary source artifact chronology

secondary Source archeology historian