Reading: Dragon Markings

• Every time you read, you will be expected to MARK YOUR TEXT!!

• Why? It helps you pay attention to and interpret what you read!

1st time reading:(1) Number paragraphs

2nd time reading: Circle key terms and essential words

3rd time reading: Underline

author’s claims and information

relevant to reading purpose

Reading: Dragon Markings

• Set up your paper:• Create a column in the left third of your

paper. • Take your notes in the remaining space on

the right.

• Outline Notes• Doodle / Visual Notes https://

youtu.be/gY9KdRfNN9w

Dragon Notes Part I

History Basics• What is History anyway??• Ok, so what’s prehistory?• How Do we know when things happened?• Calendars• “Zero”• AD,BC,BCE,CE, IDK, BFF???• Years and centuries

Timelines

Timeline: End of WWII

Abbreviations to know…

BC

BCE

AD

CE

c.

c.

Before Christ

Before Common Era

Anno Domini (the year of our Lord)

Common Era

Century (appears after a number)

Mean the same

thing!

Circa (appears before a date or year)

Mean the same thing!

CE and AD

Why would historians use “CE” and “BCE” instead of “BC” and “AD”?

When does the Common Era start?

Are we in the Common Era right now?

BCE and BC

What’s different about how we count years in BCE vs. CE?

THINKER: How many years ago was the year 1035 BC?

0 20152000 BC 1000 BC 1000

Circa

Circa means “about”So if you see –

c. 1600

that means around the year 1600

The “c” is BEFORE the year

Centuries

How long is a century? What century are we in right now? Does that make sense?

0 - 100 100 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400

1st CENTURY

2nd CENTURY

3rd

CENTURY4th

CENTURY

Years(CE)

Centuries

So what century is the year 567 in?

1492?

0 - 100 100 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400

1st CENTURY

2nd CENTURY

3rd

CENTURY4th

CENTURY

Years(CE)

6th Century

15th Century

Centuries

“c” stands for Century The year 1492 is in the 15th c.

0 - 99 100 - 199 200 - 299 300 - 399Years(CE)

1st CENTURY

2nd CENTURY

3rd

CENTURY4th

CENTURY

The “c” is AFTER the year

Centuries + B.C.E.

It works the same way in B.C.E. ...

So what century is the year 234 BC in?

99 - 1299 - 200 199 - 100399 - 300Years(BCE)

4th

CENTURY BCE

3rd CENTURY

BCE

2nd CENTURY

BCE

1st CENTURY

BCE

0

3rd century BCE

WHAP Sub Regions

more Basics of History…

• Disagreement and “revisionist history”• History is incomplete• Selectivity• Bias, distortion, & drama• Sources

–Primary–Secondary

RAMBO• Reliability - author? eye witness?  • Audience - who are they speaking to

“target audience”• Bias - any word that is not neutral;

identify the direction of the bias• Motive - purpose why• Occasion - what time, when, how does

that affect what’s being said.

Environmental Determinism

The theory that the environment determines the patterns of human culture and societal development. 

Ex: tropical climate: calmed, relaxed attitude arctic climate: strong work ethic fast-paced lifestyle.

Environmental Determinism

• “Why weren’t Native Americans, Africans, and Aboriginal Australians the ones who conquered or exterminated Europeans and Asians?”- Jared Diamond; GG&S

• Because of a developmental advantage in the use of technology.

Environmental Determinism

Historiography 1. The body of techniques, theories, and principles of

historical research and presentation; methods of historical scholarship.

Verisimilitude1. the appearance or semblance of truth;

likelihood; probability.

2. something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.

Be Aware…• Historiography• “revisionist history”• History is incomplete• Selectivity• Bias, distortion, & drama• Sources

– Primary– Secondary

Dragon Notes1. Review your notes with a

partner and highlight, circle or star key words, dates and events.

2. By yourself, write 2 questions that are Level 2 or higher in the “Vocabulary/Question” column to help you process the notes.

3. Share your questions with a different partner. Can they answer your questions based on the notes?

4. Write a summary of the notes in your own words. Do not quote directly from your notes.