Unit 1: Historical Perspective

Key Learning: There are different explanations for the same events in history
Unit Essential Question: Why are there different explanations for the same events in history?

Concept: Point of View Lesson Essential Question: How do historical perspectives shape history? How can word choice help you recognize historical bias? How can the feelings of people in the past affect how history was written?
Vocabulary: Point of view, Historian, Affect, Evidence, Emancipation

Concept: Sources Primary/Secondary Lesson Essential Question: How does the type of source effect how you read it? In what situation would you use a primary or secondary resource?

Concept: Historical Accuracy Lesson Essential Question: How can determine if something is historically accurate? How can point of view and primary and secondary sources affect how accurate a historical event is recounted?

Vocabulary: Primary Resources, Secondary Resources, Abolitionists, Secede, Segregation

Vocabulary: Reconstruction, Historically Accurate, Recounted, Underground Railroad