#1. HISTORY.ppt

HISTORY Is the imaginative and interpretative reconstruction of the past events based on written records, oral history, cultural artifacts and folk traditions  a chronological account of past events of a period or in the life or development of a people, an institution, or a...

HISTORY Is the imaginative and interpretative reconstruction of the past events based on written records, oral history, cultural artifacts and folk traditions  a chronological account of past events of a period or in the life or development of a people, an institution, or a place Study of the past events with added interpretation the past events of a period in time or in the life or development of a people, an institution, or a place the branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events  PROCESSES INVOLVED IN THE STUDY OF HISTORY Historical Method – the process of critically examining and analyzing the surviving records of the past Historical Imagination- the process whereby the historian makes use of his creative thinking in order to reconstruct the past which must be within reasonable ground HERODOTUS- Greek, the “Father of History” His works were anecdotal and entertaining- The Peloponnesian War HISTORIOGRAPHY – the art and science of writing history  WHY STUDY HISTORY To learn about the past To understand the present To appreciate our heritage To broaden our horizon To acquire background for critical thinking  SOURCES OF HISTORY Primary Sources – first hand information such as testimony of an eye witness, diaries Secondary Sources: Artifacts- tools and weapons Written or inscribed – tomb inscriptions, books, etc. Graphics, photographs