Myth vs History Standard Historical Thinking and Skills

Myth vs History Standard: Historical Thinking and Skills 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations.

Quiz Feedback 1. If you haven’t taken the key terms quiz, take it! 2. History is different from the past: it is a narrative (story) which includes important events from the past. • It is based on evidence. • It tries to prove a point using a thesis. • It is biased. • It can be challenged and changed over time

Bias vs Thesis • Googling definitions is a good strategy but you have to write them in a way that shows your KNOWLEDGE None of you have ever said: “prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. ” • Summarize bias It is different from stereotype, and racism • Thesis: The main point you are trying to prove in your history paragraph. It always should come at the beginning of the writing, and be restated in the conclusion

History Paragraph Feedback • Most people wrote a real, simple, clear thesis. WELL DONE • Evidence was usually selected in a logical way, needs to be written in “post 6” form and BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED so I know what your talking about • Analysis: Some people didn’t include any original analysis, meaning there was no thoughts for me to actually assess, • Be sure to connect analysis back to thesis throughout the paragraph, not just at the beginning or end • Structure sometimes needed some adjustment, will work on the this in the future

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