2. GRAND MASTER HOKAGE
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History 101
Today's lesson is
What Is History
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Simply put History is a study (or subject) that
records and investigates past events involving
human beings.
There are two key words there
RECORDS and INVESTIGATES
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3. RECORDING HISTORY
Long ago before, books were available and before
most kids went to school, older people or
“tribal elders” had a duty to tell young people
about their tribe. Thus we can consider these
tribal elders as the first historians
STORY TELLING
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these tribal elders kept all the
knowledge in their heads .
They would retell their tribal history
through folktales/stories or songs
Thus the first type of recording of
history was called ORAL HISTORY
DEFINITION: ORAL HISTORY is the recording of
history through stories and songs which are
passed on from generation to generation
4. INVESTIGATING HISTORY
History is also an investigative subject
in that an Historian is someone who
records and investigates history just
like a detective
Imagine you are a detective investigating
a crime. What would you need to help
you find out what happened? What
would you be looking for when you
visited the scene of the crime?
That’s right …….. You will need
EVIDENCE
5. TYPES OF EVIDENCE
There are basically two (2)
types of evidence
Primary evidence is evidence that was created
at the time of the event. Lots of sources can be
PRIMARY EVIDENCE counted as primary sources or evidence -
letters, newspapers, maps, photographs,
pictures, objects and film
AND
Secondary evidence occurs when someone
SECONDARY EVIDENCE creates evidence based on primary evidence.
Thus a historian may write a book on
Amerindians based on Primary objects, letters
pictures etc.
6. SUMMARY
History is a study (or subject) that records and
investigates past events involving human beings.
ORAL HISTORY is the recording of history through
stories and songs which are passed on from
generation to generation.
History is also an investigative subject that is based
on evidence
There are basically two (2) types of evidence:
(1) Primary
(2) Secondary
HOME WORK: write a minimum of two paragraphs
on the following
Imagine you are an Elder in an old tribal village, write
a story that describes your village that will be passed
on from generation to generation
