Historical Skills Flashcards
What would you say history is?
multiple choices
Interesting, all about the past, fun, new, people, informative, factual, surprising, story, boring, old objects, ( anything as long as it is your opinion ).
What are the SIX main historical skills?
1.Chronology 2.cause and consequence 3.change and continuity 4.awareness of evidence 5.interpretations 6.organisation and communication
What does chronology involve?
Time, centuries, dates, decades, different time periods, AD, BC
What does cause and consequence involve?
Reasons for events, results of events, long term, short term
What does change and continuity involve?
How and why things change over time, how and why things stay the same
What does awareness of evidence involve?
Sources of information, evidence:primary and secondary, written evidence, physical evidence, oral evidence, visual evidence
What does interpretations involve?
Explore why people have different viewpoints about what happened in the past, first interpretations, second hand interpretations, media portrayals of the past
What does organisation and communication involve?
Being creative, working with others, homework, ask for help, research and ICT, managing information, self management, decision making and problem solving
What does ADAPTL mean in history?
Author, date, audience, purpose, tone, limits
What is the study of chronology?
When things happened
Chronology involves putting the events and dates into the ……………. ……….. in which they occur.
Correct order
How do we put events in chronological order?
We put them in the order that they happened
By placing important events in chronological order what can we discover?
We can discover interesting things about why events happened
What is a decade?
Ten years
What is a century?
100 years
What is a millennia?
1,000 years
What does AD mean?
After the birth of Christ
What does BC mean?
Before the birth of Christ
What is a week?
A total of 7 days
What is one day?
24 hours long
Put the following statements in chronological order:
- On the 27th of February 1873 Sir Richard Wallace visited Lisburn
- The Lisburn Intermediate School is renamed Wallace High School in 1942
- On the 14th of February 1873 Sir Richard Wallace visited Lisburn
- In 1890 Sir Richard died
- The Lisburn Intermediate School is created by Sir Richard in 1880
- Sir Richard was born in Paris on 21st of June 1818
- Sir Richard was born in Paris on 21st June 1818
- On the 14th of February 1873 Sir Richard Wallace visited Lisburn
- On the 27th of February 1873 Sir Richard became MP for Lisburn
- The Lisburn Intermediate School is created by Sir Richard in 1880
- In 1890 Sir Richard died
- The Lisburn Intermediate School is renamed Wallace High School in 1942
Is Humpty Dumpty really about an egg falling off a wall?
No
Put the following events in chronological order:
A.Battle of the Somme 1916, B.Britain declares war on Germany , C.Battle of Hastings October 14th 1066, D.Caesar invades England 55BC, E.Socrates is born in 471 BC, F.Man landed on the moon July 1969, G. William lands at Pevensey September 28th 1066, H.Genghis Khan becomes ruler over the Mongols 1206, I.Alexander the great dies 323 BC, J.President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas in 1963, K.Battle of the Boyne 1690, L.Queen Victoria died in 1901.
E.Socrates is born in 471 BC, I.Alexander the great dies 323 BC, D.Caesar invades England 55BC, G. William lands at Pevensey September 28th 1066, C.Battle of Hastings October 14th 1066, H.Genghis Khan becomes ruler over the Mongols 1206, K.Battle of the Boyne 1690, L.Queen Victoria died in 1901, A.Battle of the Somme 1916, B.Britain declares war on Germany, J.President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas in 1963, F.Man landed on the moon July 1969.
Centuries are important for us to know about, but is there a formula for working out centuries?
Yes
What century is 2009?
2009=21st century=20(+1)09=21st century
What century is 1978?
1978=20th century=19(+1)78=20th century
What century is 498?
498=5th century=4(+1)98=5th century
What century is 32?
32=1st century=0 as there is no hundreds value (+1)=1st century
What century is 15 AD
15 AD=1st century or C 1st
What century is 476 AD?
476 AD=5th century or C 5th
What century is 1732 AD?
1732 AD=18th century or C 18th
What century is 5AD?
5AD=1st century or C 1st
What century is 2009AD?
2009AD=21st century or C 21st
What century is 98BC?
98BC=C 1st BC or 1st century BC
What century is 1874BC?
1874BC=C 19th BC or 19th century BC
What century is 602BC?
602BC=C7th BC or 7th century BC
What century is 1554BC?
1554BC=C 16th BC or 16th century BC
What century is 2067BC?
2067BC=C 21st BC or 21st century BC
The greater the date in BC, is it further away or closer from now?
Further away
The greater the date in AD, is it further away or closer from now?
Closer
What are historians like?
Detectives
Why are historians like detectives?
They try to understand what happened in the past and why it happened
What do the concepts of cause and consequence address to?
Who or what influenced events to occur and what the repercussions of those events were
Sometimes there are long and short term causes of an event and in most cases, there is more than how many cause(s) of an event
More than one
Give an example of oral evidence?
The news, interviews, etc.
Give an example of written evidence?
An encyclopedia, diaries, non-fictional books, etc.
Give an example of visual evidence?
Posters, videos, pictures, etc.
Give an example of physical evidence?
An old coin, a British flag from WW2, my mums secondary school uniform, etc.
What is primary evidence?
This is first-hand evidence that comes from the time in which the event took place
Give an example of primary evidence?
An eye witness account or a diary, these pieces of evidence are known as Primary sources
What is secondary evidence?
This is the evidence which was written after the event happens
Give an example of secondary evidence?
A school textbook, these pieces of evidence are known as Secondary sources
Is a textbook on the English Civil War a piece of primary evidence or secondary evidence?
Secondary
Is a letter World War One dated 1915 primary evidence or secondary evidence?
Primary
Is a gas mask from the Second World War a piece of primary or secondary evidence?
Primary
Is an internet site primary or secondary evidence?
Secondary
Is a body uncovered by archaeologists primary or secondary evidence?
Primary
Are the pyramids of Egypt primary or secondary evidence?
Primary
Is a replica of a Saxon battle axe primary or secondary evidence?
Secondary
Is a photograph of Queen Victoria primary or secondary evidence?
Primary
Is an artist drawing primary or secondary evidence?
Primary
Is a film about the sinking of the Titanic primary or secondary evidence?
Secondary
When historians mix things up from the wrong time periods, what is this called?
An anachronism
Why would it be an anachronism if you read a story about an Egyptian Pharoh using a mobile phone to ring their doctor?
Mobile phones didn’t exist then!
Pick out all of the anachronisms in this paragraph:
Sir Richard was a very generous person building water fountains and cinemas for the people of Lisburn. He used to come to Lisburn via EasyJet and he always liked to have a McDonalds at the airport. He enjoyed horse riding and spent many nights playing with his friends online through his XBOX.
Cinemas, EasyJet, McDonalds, airport, online, XBOX
Interpretations from primary sources such as eye witness accounts are important for historians in investigating what???
What happened in the past, why it happened and how people felt at the time
What interpretations from secondary sources written by historians are very useful to us?
Textbooks
Historians would have looked at lots of different pieces of ………….. …………….. to come up with their own opinion or interpretation as to why events happened or what life was like in the past.
Primary evidence
What is bis putting across?
An unfair or subjective opinion
What is the school motto located under the school crest above the front office?
Esperance
What is the English translation of Esperance?
Hope
What are the core values of Wallace High School?
Commitment, opportunity, respect, excellence
What is there at the wall in the assembly hall from the old school?
The stones which say Lisburn Intermediate School and the crest
When was the original Lisburn Intermediate School (now Wallace High School) founded?
1880
What are the newest additions to the school buildings?
6th form centre 1998, the paving on the ground, lockers, lift, science rooms computer suits
How would your sentence roughly start off in a test comprehension question?
The four points in this source are…….
How should you roughly set out an answer for a question which tests your ability to compare two sources and you must write three points?
Sources A and B agree on this point…………
Source A’s words are………… and source B’s words are………..
Sources A and B disagree on this point…………
Source A’s words are………… and source B’s words are………..
My third and final point is one of agree/disagree…………
How would you answer an ADAPTL question?
The author of the source is………
The date of the source is……… and this makes it………..evidence
The audience for this source is……………
The purpose for writing this source is………….
The writer of this source sounds……….. This is the sources tone
(To check the sources limits, you look at useful and reliable)
The source’s useful facts are……..
The source is less useful if you want to know……….
This is a reliable source because……………..
it may not be fully reliable because……. We must check out its facts
What are the seven classroom rules?
- Be nice to everyone in class, be respectful.
- Good listening at all times.
- Raise hand to talk in class.
- Remain seated unless instructed.
- Don’t distract the class.
- Always try your best.
- Always seek help and ask questions if needed.
