Intro to History Word Wall

Things that mankind creates that are used and/or admired by future generations. Some examples include writing, painting, sculpture, fashion, and music.

• Achievements

• Politics

• Religion

• History

Asking what else was going on at the time the evidence was produced in order to understand the “big picture”. If we look at items too closely, we can leave out information that helps us understand everything going on at the time.

• Contextualization

• Primary Sources

• Perspective

• Bias

An uninformed or unreasonable judgment about people and events.

• Achievements

• Bias

• Politics

• Social Structures

The study of government and how it organizes and controls people. It includes the laws and rules that people follow for a stable society.

• Politics

• Economics

• Religion

• Geography

A story of the past based on the collection of evidence and perspective. It can cover large or small periods of time and groups of people or cultures.

• History

• Social Structures

• Religion

• Geography

A guiding question to focus analysis and learning. We use the question as a lens to study content.

• Essential Question

• Claim

• History

• Achievements

A personal point of view or attitude about an issue.

• Bias

• Perspective

• Geography

• Evidence

Include groups of people interacting with each other throughout society such as families, groups of friends, and even schools.

• Social Structures

• G.R.A.P.E.S.

• Religion

• Politics

People or persons who can be trusted to follow through, faithfully tell the truth, and consistently dependable.

• Evidence

• Reliable

• Perspective

• Bias

Asking where evidence comes from, the perspective, and any bias attached to it. We always ask these questions to decide how much trust we can put in the sources we use.

• Sourcing

• Perspective

• Evidence

• Secondary Sources