the main idea of a paragraph; the question you are answering or the idea you are proving
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What is the context?
background information; 5Ws and H
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What is concrete evidence?
examples or evidence that support your claim
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What is commentary?
Explanation about how your concrete evidence proves your claim; analysis
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What is the concluding sentence?
a sentence that ties everything together and summarizes your ideas
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List the aspects of civilizations.
Food, Social Structure, Job Specialization, Government, Arts and Culture, Religion, Technology
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If historians want to analyze how developed a society or civilization was, what can they do?
Analyze sources
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What is a primary source?
provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. Often, they are created at the time that the events are happening.
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What are secondary sources?
created by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events you’re researching. A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary s
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Why do historians analyze sources?
to determine how reliable or trustworthy they are; to inquire into the past and find out more about the past
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List three questions you have to answer when looking at the ORIGIN of a source.
What type of source is it? Who created this source? When was it created? Where was this source first found/published? When was this source first found/published
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List at least three questions you have to answer when looking at the PURPOSE of a source.
Why did the author create this source? Why did the author choose this particular format? Who is the intended audience? Does this source show the whole story?
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Is "The Standard of Ur" primary or secondary? Why?
It is primary, because it was created thousands of years ago at the time of Sumerian civilization.
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Historians can explore the past by analyzing sources, investigating artifacts and cave paintings, and even analyzing origin stories or creation myths from different cultures. What can a creation myth tell them about a particular culture?
It can tell them what they believed in (gods/goddesses), meaning their religion and how they thought the world was formed.
