Why Do We Study History and Thinking Like A Historian PowerPoints and Activities

Enhance your social studies or history class with our comprehensive bundle of engaging lessons, designed to foster a deep understanding of the historical perspective and develop essential social studies skills. This ready-to-go bundle includes two dynamic PowerPoints, featuring a total of 125 slides, accompanied by guided notes, interactive group/partner activities, stimulating writing prompts, and more. With over 20 pages of meticulously crafted resources and activities, your students will grasp the significance of studying history and acquire the critical thinking skills employed by historians. Seamlessly structured with daily lesson plans, you can effortlessly manage your class and optimize instructional time. Explore an array of captivating topics, ranging from bias and distinguishing primary versus secondary sources to exploring maps and geography, all presented in an enjoyable and interactive manner.

*Please be aware that the digital presentations for the lessons are in PowerPoint format. These PowerPoints are too large to upload to Google Slides. Please only purchase this product if you intend to use it in the PowerPoint format.*

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Pacing will vary based on how long your classes last, but a general guideline for pacing and lesson plans would be as follows:

• Day 1- Why Do We Study History? - Entire Why Do We Study History PowerPoint with notes and one of the activities- you could spend 2 days on this
• Day 2-Who is a historian and what are the responsibilities of historians?-Think Like a Historian PowerPoint slides 1-23 with guided notes and "What is a historian?" activity
• Day 3- Primary vs. Secondary Sources - Think Like a Historian PowerPoint slides 24-47 with guide notes and a fun cooperative learning activity examining a famous historical artifact (students will write their final report independently)
• Day 4- Eras and Timelines- Think Like A Historian PowerPoint slides 48-63 with guided notes and a build your own timeline activity
• Day 5- Maps & the Role of Geography - Think Like A Historian PowerPoint slides 64-97 with guided notes and a map/research activity that also requires students to identify physical and human characteristics of a region - you could spend 2 days on this

Please see the preview video for samples!

This Bundle Covers Lessons On:

• Why we study history
• Who is a historian?
• What are the responsibilities of a historian?
• Jobs available for historians
• Primary vs. Secondary sources
• Bias
• Sourcing, corroboration, contextualization, and close reading of primary sources
• An analysis of a primary source
• Eras
• Millenniums, centuries, decades
• B.C. & A.D., B.C.E. & C.E.
• Chronological order
• Interpreting timelines
• Timeline activity
• "Pale Blue Dot" - Carl Sagan
• Map vocabulary terms (review)
• Globes vs. maps
• Types of maps
• Longitude and latitude
• Absolute location (using longitude and latitude)
• Hemispheres
• Time zones
• Physical characteristics of geography
• Human characteristics of geography
• Cooperative Learning Activities
• Links to Videos
• Discussion Prompts

Please See The Preview Video For Samples!

Please Note:

• PowerPoints need to have the content enabled before presenting
• Videos are included in the PowerPoint--> LOOK FOR THE VIDEO CAMERA ICON & CLICK!
• Modern Love, and Dreaming Outloud Pro are the primary fonts used in this bundle. You may need to adjust the font/size if you do not have a version of PowerPoint that includes these fonts.

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