Lesson Plans 9.15.14

Organize
     Students will organize their online Hapara folders
     New seating chart

What is History?

1. History is an account of the past
2. Accounts differ depending on one's perspective
3. We rely on evidence to construct accounts of the past
4. We must question the reliability of each piece of evidence
5. Any single piece of evidence is insufficient to build a plausible account

Sourcing:  Before reading the document ask yourself:

1. Who wrote this?
2. What  is the author's perspective?
3. Why was it written?
4. When was it written?
5. Where was it written?
6. Is it reliable?  Why? Why not?

Contextualization

1. When and where was the document created?
2. What was different then?  What was the same?
3. How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

Stanford History Education Group