An Introduction

Original meaning of the Greek word is

“the quest for things worth knowing.”

Knowledge or information, when written down in the form of a narrative, becomes history.

History shapes who we are!History shapes who we are!

Proof— If everyday when you

wentto sleep, you forgot everything that happened that day, never to recall it, who would you be when

you woke up?

Take photos Make scrapbooks

Write journals/diaries Update our status on

Facebook . . .

What happens around us (inventions, natural disasters, war, etc) influences how we live, react, think, and see the world.

Consider this . . .How did the events of 9/11

impact the way our society thinks and

behaves?- Did we become more Paranoid? Afraid?

Prejudice?

See more at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiE5uV1p6fs

Logographic/Pictographic: Chinese (40,000+)

Syllabic: Japanese (46)

Alphabetic: English (26), Greek (27), Russian (30-33), Hebrew (22)

It’s Etymology,

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/dude-transcends/309528/

The Importance of Effective Note - Taking

Cornell Note Taking

An excellent ppt on telegraphic note taking

Let’s practice!A Light History of the English Language

VideoLecture