What is history? First class 26-8-2024

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to History class!

Program

• Introduction, classroom rules.
• Link to Lessonup class account + memo class account
• What is history about?
• Why does history matter?
  
• This year's topics.
• What will you learn?
• What do you need?
  
• What helps you studying?
  
• Quiz
• What to expect for next classs

At the end of the lesson you will know ....

• who I am and what the classroom rules are.
• what history is about.
• why history is an important subject.
• which topics will be addressed this term.
  
• what you will learn.
  
• what you need to bring.
  
• what helps when studying.
  

Rules

• When I talk, you're quiet. 
  
• Raise your hand when you want to speak and wait for permission.
• We let each other finish our sentences.
  
• We make mistakes and learn from them.
• We learn together and from each other.

What is history about?

What is history?

• History is a subject that researches how people lived in the past. 
• History was being created from the very moment people started writing and reading.
• Sources give us information about the past.
• The past is divided into time periods and historical periods.

Why does history matter?

Why is history important?

• History tells you something about who you are.
  
• History helps you to understand why the world around you is as it is.
  
• History teaches you to think about what is true and what isn't.
  
• History teaches you that people have different opinions and ideas.
  
• History teaches you to think about what is right or wrong to do.

Which topics will be addressed this term?

Term 1: 2 projects, one about the Greeks and one about the Romans.

Term 2: Middle Ages: 2 practical assignments + one big test

Term 3: Voyages of discovery + French Revolution: Assigment timeline 

                 + one big test

Term 4: 1 Project about Industrial revolution/Imperialism: Historical  

                 newspaper assignment + presentation

What you will learn

Knowledge

Skills

• Sequencing (chronology)
• Historical explanations (cause-consequence)
• Using information from, learning to interpret and analyse (historical) sources
• Giving your opinion
• and more much more.

What do you need?

• Memo online book + workbook + access to online classroom
• Lessonups
• Onedrive with a History folder
• Notebook + pens + pencils
• Peppels + Teams

What helps when studying?

• Learning objectives (learning goals from each section)
• Practice reading comprehension
• Keep up! So, do and study the homework that is assignment
• Repeat subject matter (stacking)
  
• Be curious: ask questions during class
  
• Watch educational video's about these topics or ask for suitable videos that adds something to the topics that are addressed in class.
  

Quiz! Stand up/ sit down

5 questions

Stand up = true

Sit down = false

This meme matches historical age 1.

1. True
2. False

The Middle Ages start in the year 1000 and end in the year 1500.

1. True
2. False

This meme matches the Reformation.

1. True
2. False

This meme matches the age of cities and states.

1. True
2. False

This meme matches the Industrial revolution.

1. True
2. False

What to expect for next class

Read: H1.6, Blz. 43 – 45, also read through PDF-file about the Greeks and check the planning (will be uploaded separately in Peppels)

Complete: Opdr. 1 t/m 12

Bring your questions to class!

What did you think about your first history class?