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!
Reading: Dragon Markings
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
Dragon Notes
Part I
• 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
History Basics
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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
Before Christ
BCE
Before Common Era
AD
Anno Domini (the
year of our Lord)
CE
Common Era
c.
Century (appears after a
number)
c.
Circa (appears before a date or
year)
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?
2000 BC 1000 BC
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1000
2015
 THINKER: How many years ago
was the year 1035 BC?
Circa
 Circa means “about”
So if you see –
The “c” is BEFORE the year
c. 1600
that means around the year 1600
Centuries
 How long is a century?
 What century are we in right now?
 Does that make sense?
Years 0 - 100 100 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400
(CE)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY
Centuries
 So what century is the year 567
in?
6th Century
1492?
15th Century
Years
100 - 200 200 - 300 300 - 400
0
100
(CE)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY
Centuries
“c” stands for Century
 The year 1492 is in the 15th c.
Years 0 - 99 100 - 199 200 - 299 300 - 399
(CE)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY
Centuries + B.C.E.
It works the same way in B.C.E. ...
So what century is the year 234 BC
in?
3rd century BCE
Years
399
(BCE)
- 300 299 - 200 199 - 100
99 - 1
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY CENTURY
BCE
BCE
BCE
BCE
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WHAP Sub Regions
more Basics of History…
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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.
Verisimilitude
1. the appearance or semblance of truth;
likelihood; probability.
2. something, as an assertion, having merely the
appearance of truth.
Be Aware…
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Historiography
“revisionist history”
History is incomplete
Selectivity
Bias, distortion, & drama
Sources
– Primary
– Secondary
Dragon Notes
1. Review your notes with a partner
and highlight, circle or star key
4. Write a
words, dates and events.
summary
2. By yourself, write 2 questions that
of the
are Level 2 or higher in the
notes in
“Vocabulary/Question” column to
your own
help you process the notes.
words. Do
3. Share your questions with a
not quote
different partner. Can they answer
directly
your questions based on the notes?
from your
notes.