Introduction to Social History What is Social History

Introduction to Social History

What is Social History? Definition (Wikipedia): The history of ordinary people. (Merriam Webster) history that concentrates upon the social, economic, and cultural institutions of a people. (University of London): Social history is sometimes described as the 'history of the people', or 'history from below' (Ms. Greenberg) The study of class, gender, and ordinary life during different time periods. Social history shows us how larger events and trends (“history from above”) changes –or does not change – the life of ordinary people.

What is examined in Social History? Gender issues Class and societal hierarchies Education What people did for fun What people ate WHAT CHANGES? WHAT STAYS THE SAME? THIS IS CALLED CONTINUITY AND CHANGE OVER TIME.

Children playing video games – google images 2016 Children’s Games Pieter Bruegel 1560

What changes? What stays the same?

21 st Century Fashion as portrayed in the television show Pretty Little Liars Italian Renaissance Fashion – 1500 s – as portrayed in many Renaissance paintings What changes? What stays the same?

DISCUSS: How did the Renaissance impact gender? Social Class? Race? (Last night’s reading) What about the Reformation’s impact on women? (reading from a couple nights ago)

Wicked Witches https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=h. Fa. Z 6 GB_OOA What can the history of witches and witch trials tell us about how broad political, social and economic changes can impact individuals? USE THE DOCUMENTS TO UNDERSTAND PREDICT WHY WITCH TRIALS INCREASED BETWEEN 1500 AND 1700