Brief presentation of the different types of people that help us understand history. It leaves off with the task of identifying how each person helped us learn about the death of Otzi, the Iceman from the Discovery Channel's video: "Iceman: Hunt for a Killer."

1. Team History
How we learn about the
past

2. What Is History?

3. What Does It Take to Discover the Past?
History is just like a crime
scene on the detective movie
or television show, it takes a
team of people working that
scene, looking for evidence,
and examining it to try and
figure out the most likely story
of what happened
History is not simply a
collection of stories handed
down from generation to
generation, it is the careful
study of those stories along
with the investigation of
various forms of evidence.

4. TeamHistory
Archaeologists
• a person who studies human
history and prehistory
through the excavation of
sites and the analysis of
artifacts and other physical
remains

5. TeamHistory
Anthropologists
• a person who uses artifacts
to learn about the culture
and customs of people and
societies

6. TeamHistory
Geographer
• a person who studies the
land and the climate to gain
understanding about the
earth and the people who
live there.

7. TeamHistory
Historian
• a person who studies written
documents from the time
period and what others have
written about the time
period to create the most
likely story of history.

8. TeamHistory
Forensic Scientist
• a person who studies the
evidence/artifacts on the
molecular level to learn the
history beyond what is
visible to the naked eye.

9. Iceman:Hunt for a Killer
While watching the video, explain how
each member of “Team History”
contributes to understanding what
happened in the past. Use evidence
from the video to support your
understanding of the work of each
person.
Also, pay attention to how Team
History thinks Otzi died. Write the
story on the back of your paper.