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Instructions

• Anything written in yellow (slow down and pay
  attention) is useful information. You should
  write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
• Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is
  critical information and should be copied
  exactly.
• Anything in green (go on to the next point) you
  do not have to write.

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• Why is history important to studyorwhy should
  it matter?

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3 reasons to study historydid you think of
others?

• If you dont know history, you dont know your
  world or your culture.
• 2. History is story time all the time!
• 3. History is who we were, who we are and who we
  will be.

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You see, Rafiki knows

• Ah yes, the past CAN hurt, but as I see it, you
  can either run from it, or learn from it.
• Rafiki is a cartoon monkey and he knows this and
  youre smarter than a cartoon monkey right?!

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Ah, cmon, history doesnt matter to me you say

• oh really?

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The smallest decision can change the world.

• That is what history is all about.

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Fine, but Im only in 10th grade, I cant change
the world.

• Sure you can. But even if you dont, how do you
  know if you dont even try?

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Luckily, history can be fun.

• Thats because history is all about the story.

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Hollywood loves history!
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Well, what if I dont like movies, I only like
video games.

• Video games love history too!

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Everyone loves a good story!
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Ok, what about TV?
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• Come on this is easy
• We even get our own channel!
• Is there a math channel? Nope!
• ELA Channel? No way.
• Science? Ok, yes, but

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Shared understandingsSkillsHow Shall Man live

• Let me share with you what I believe to be the
  three most important reasons to study history

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Shared UnderstandingsExpectations of our culture

• Holds our nations social fabric together

• Helps us communicate, which requires us to have
  shared, often taken for granted, information

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Can you think of any examples of things that
might be shared understandings?
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Skills

• Using primary documents and data
• Analyzing point of view, frame of reference, and
  context in order to understand differences
• Comprehend and create timelines
• Understand and evaluate significance and
  relevance of history to today
• Strengthen reading comprehension and writing
  skills
• Develop presentation skills
• Identify and analyze changes and continuities
  between different time periods and places

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Skills(did you know video)
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How shall man live.how do we live a good life?

• What are our goals, ambitions, values?
• What matters? Money, relationships, religion,
  knowledge, power?
• Do we want to live our lives like Hitler or
  Gandhi, like Washington or Saddam Hussein?

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The Simpsons

• When I was a pup, we got spanked by
  presidents till the cows
  came home. Grover Cleveland spanked
  me on two nonconsecutive occasions.

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Do you get it?

• Theres 2 jokes here.
• 1st, Grover Cleveland was president in
  1885, theres no way Grandpa was alive then.
• 2nd, Cleveland is the only president ever to be
  elected twice but not in a row. He is our 22nd
  (1885-1889) and 24th (1893-1897) president.

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There is no other subject that you can change so
easily.