HISTORY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIAL SCIENCE.pptx

FOR DISS LESSONS

1. HISTORY

2. Objective/s: At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to: Define History Identify the major contributions of History in the field of Social Sciences Understand the concept of History as a Social Science

3. What is Geography? What are the fields of Geography? Give practical application of Geography?

4. Activity : I Remember my important days of my life

5. What are the significant days of your life which are worth to be remembered/ treasured? 2. Why is it significant to you? 3. In relation to your significant days, would you consider it as your history of life.

6. HISTORY From the Greek word “ historia ” which means “ inquiry ”, knowledge acquired by investigation. It is the systematic inquiry of man’s recorded past for the purpose of establishing causal relationships, validating historical facts, and reconstruction of chronological events. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation and interpretation of information about these events.

7. Herodotus is regarded as the “Father of H istory,” while the name of the subject is taken from the Greek word “ h istoria ” which translates to knowing by inquiry. Scholars who write about history are called HISTORIANS.

8. Methods of Creating History Positivism Embraces human agency in history. Uses sources to provide and accurate and complete vision of the past. Also embraces and empathetic approach towards people in the past. 2. Narrative – Chronology The creation of narratives of the past- analysis plays less role as the role of accidents is most important .

9. 3. Biography –Hagiography The “Great Men” method which creates chronological narratives. Often look at the agency of one individual in history. 4. Dialectics – Analysis These are created which become orthodoxies. New theses than arrive to challenge these-revisionism- and a synthesis is produced from the old and the new. The synthesis becomes the new thesis or paradigm and the process of clashes (dialectics) repeats.

10. 5. Meta- Narrative –Total history Works of the Annales school are characterized by a multi-layered approach which seek to integrate long-term, mid term and short term factors in a “total history”. There is an effort to explain large amounts of human history through the application of theory of theory and social sciences. Comparative studies of similar events in desperate places. 6. Negativism Rejects human agency in historical affairs. Rejects all sources. Rejects the possibility of empathetic understanding of the past

11. Social Implications

12. It is important to study history so one may learn about past human behavior that is relevant to the intellectual growth and development of an individual. Studying the events of the past gives us an understanding on how the world came to be, not only in your world but around the world including all cultures of people as well as nature. By learning about the causes and effects of events in history, people can learn better ways to deal with conflict among nations and individuals.

13. Studying the history of environmental changes can enhance a healthier lifestyle for mankind as well as prevent the extinction of plants and animals, which could disturb our ecosystem. Although human behavior is unpredictable at times, a better understanding through the study of history can provide valuable insight for our future generations.

14. COMPLETE THE ANALOGY: Scientist: Test tube Teacher: Chalk Historian:

15. 1. What is the connection between word-pairs? 2 What is the tool of historian? 3. Why is a historian like a detective? 4. What is Historiography? 5. Differentiate primary sources from secondary sources

16. Do you find History useful to your daily lives? Why did you say so?

17. During this past week, what were the hottest issues that the different fields of History examined?

18. Complete the sentence prompts. History is the study of ______________. Among the fields of History, I am interested at ____________ because I’m fascinated with ______________. An example of primary sources that I will deal with _____________ History are ________. An example of secondary source that I will deal with ___________History are ______.