1 What is History?

Historical Mindedness Unit Summary

Students will be introduced to the study of history. They will explore the historical thinking concepts and practice expressing their ideas and supporting their points with evidence. They will also look at various perspectives on an issue and explain why the views may differ.

What is History?

We are living through a historical event, here are some of the questions we will work to uncover.

What can we learn from the past to better understand the present?
What records are we creating now to document this event?
What will the story be?
Who gets to tell it?
How can two people live through the same event and have drastically different views?

What are other perspectives?

Use the articles below to think about the past few months from someone else's point of view.

Essential Questions

- Are there valid methods used to understand history?
- To what extent is history the result of various perspectives.
- What is the value of history?
- Whose point of view matters?

Enduring Understandings

- There are methods used to better understand history
- There are various perspectives and schools of thought in history
- All history is subjective
- Some sources are more credible than others
- History is useful for understanding the world you live in
- People have used history to their own end

Skills

- Evaluate for OPCVL, bias and conflicting information
- ID and ask significant questions to clarify OPCVL
- Summarize and paraphrase various types of documents
- Develop note taking skills from a text, oral presentations and visual media
- Differentiate between historical fact and opinion
- MLA writing and citations
- Analytical Writing