What is History?Sagraves Modern World History

Week 2

Daily QuestionO Should History be a required high

school subject? Why? Why should we study history?

Agenda 9/2/14Why and how History?

Activities to accomplish Objectives

O 1. DQO 2. Homework

Schedule, Study Buddies

O 3. Recap O 4. Sourcing DebriefO 5. World MapO Homework: World

Map Assignment

O By the end of this lesson, you should

O 1. Know what historians do with historical evidence.

O 2. Know what you already know about the world map.

What we know about history so far…O What History is…..

O What historians use to write/tell history

O How historians go about using the evidence that they have

1. Sourcing2. Corroboration3. Contextualization

Agenda 9/3/14What does it mean to practice

history? The Black DeathActivities to accomplish Objectives

O 1. DQO 2. Odds and EndsO 3. Black Death –

introductionO 4. Annotation GuideO HOMEWORK: Read &

annotate introduction and documents DBQ – DO NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS

O By the end of this lesson, you should

O 1. Be able to contextualize the DBQ

O 2. Start to practice annotating the primary documents

Daily QuestionO What would you do if you were faced

with the prospect of contracting a fatal, incurable disease? How do you think others around you might react? What changes in society might you witness?

The Black Death

Priest Blessing Plague Victims, 1360-1375

Spread of the Plague

Spread of the Black Death through Afro-Eurasia

Human Costs

Excavated Mass Grave of Plague Victims Martigues, France

Agenda 9/4/14What were the effects of the Black Death on European Society in the

14th century?Activities to accomplish Objectives

O 1. DQO 2. Black Death

DBQO HOMEWORK: Finish

DBQ if necessary. Fine polish your thesis statement!

O By the end of this lesson, you should have sourced, corroborated and contextualized evidence in order to answer an historical question.

Agenda 9/5/14What is the Modern

World?Activities to accomplish Objectives

O 1. DQ – ReflectionO 2. Map QuizO 3. Textbook

Reading Note Forms

O 4. Sorting ActivityO Homework:

Textbook Ch. 13 Section 1

O By the end of this lesson:

O 1. You should know how to start organizing your reading notes.

O 2. You should begin to have a picture of the major themes of the Modern World.