1. How do we know
what we know?
*Learning about sources of information

2. Prehistory vs. History
History is the study of the past, by
looking at narratives and recorded
accounts of the events of the past.
So PRE-history is before written
history. (or before understood written
history)

3. History

4. Prehistory

5. So if it is not
written, how
do we know?

6. So if it is not
written, how
do we know?
Sources of information
combined with science and
technology.

7. So if it is not
written, how
do we know?
Sources of information
combined with science and
technology.

8. So if it is not
written, how
do we know?
Sources of information
combined with science and
technology.

9. Two Types of
Sources
Primary- artifacts, first hand
accounts, photographs, original art work,
video, current and accurate news
coverage.
Secondary- analysis, reflections,
hypothesis, interpretive art, third person
accounts, novels, entertainment.

10. Two Types of
Sources
Primary- artifacts, first hand
accounts, photographs, original art work,
video, current and accurate news
coverage.
Secondary- analysis, reflections,
hypothesis, interpretive art, third person
accounts, novels, entertainment.

11. Artifacts are
Primary
Sources.
Archaeologist use artifacts to
explain the life and patterns
in past cultures and humans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us

12. Artifacts are
Primary
Sources.
Archaeologist use artifacts to
explain the life and patterns
in past cultures and humans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us

13. Artifacts are
Primary
Sources.
Archaeologist use artifacts to
explain the life and patterns
in past cultures and humans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us

14. Artifacts are
Primary
Sources.
Archaeologist use artifacts to
explain the life and patterns
in past cultures and humans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us

15. Artifacts are
Primary
Sources.
Archaeologist use artifacts to
explain the life and patterns
in past cultures and humans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us

16. Find a primary
resource

17. Find a primary
resource

18. Find a primary
resource

20. Do you want to be an Archaeologist?
-First identify an artifact.
-Create questions that will help you
create a hypothesis to how the object
was used and what it reveals about
the past.
- Create a narrative for the object.

21. What would you ask
an artifact?

22. Questions
The basic Who, What, When, Where,
Why, and How is a good place to start.
Remember your goal to is reveal what
this artifact reveals about the past.
Use your knowledge of today’s world
to infer how this item may have been
used.

23. Creating a Narrative
Write a “story” for your artifact. Who
made it, how, why, and how did it help
the person that made it? What may it
have seen or experienced?
Narratives may be short or long
depending on how much you
discovered through questioning.

25. Lets try it!

26. Lets try it!
Line up by Birthday. Interview an artifact.

27. Warrior Heir
Try to think of 5 artifacts that
would represent the time and
events of the prolog.

28. Warrior Heir
Try to think of 5 artifacts that
would represent the time and
events of the prolog.