ANALYZING

HIS 107 WITH PROF. GREENE

HISTORICAL
CONTEXT
 TODAY'S TOPICS
WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS

Your Professor
Why Study History?
History vs The Past
How to Analyze History
Class Requirements
Our Basic Analysis
 If you don't know history,
then you don't know anything.
ALWAYS REMEMBER

Michael Crichton
YOUR PROFESSOR
A BIT ABOUT PROF. GREENE

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. Most of the time,
they’re presented before an audience.
 Presentations are communication
tools that can be used as lectures.

HISTORY

Presentations are communication

tools that can be used as lectures.

THE PAST
WHY STUDY HISTORY?
Factors of History

POLITICS SOCIETY
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tools that can be used as lectures. tools that can be used as lectures.

CULTURE INDIVIDUALS
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tools that can be used as lectures. tools that can be used as lectures.
80% of students continue studying history

20% apply their lessons to other fields

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
CLASS
REQUIREMENTS
Presentations are communication
tools that can be used as lectures.
 2 OUT OF 3
classes will be discussion-based
OUR CLASS TIME

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demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.
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WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

CLASS 30

READINGS 20

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communication tools that 10

can be used as lectures.

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Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4
 Class Workload

Responses Discussions Presentations Final Essay

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communication communication communication communication
tools that can be tools that can be tools that can be tools that can be
used as lectures. used as lectures. used as lectures. used as lectures.
CLASS MATERIALS

WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS

Laptop or Tablet Textbooks

Syllabus Class Folder

 THE MAIN EVENT

HOW TO
ANALYZE
HISTORY
What we'll be doing in class
17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century

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communication communication communication communication
tools that can be tools that can be tools that can be tools that can be
used as lectures. used as lectures. used as lectures. used as lectures.

HOW WE STUDY HISTORY

 Read Respond Discuss

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Factors of History
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MAIN What was the government like?
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QUESTIONS
What were the socio-economic
factors?
Presentations are communication tools.

How did people feel about their

situation?
Presentations are communication tools.
HOW LONG SHOULD
RESPONSES BE?

At least 500 words should cover the base requirements.

Interview with
a historian

Presentations are communication tools that can be used as lectures.

 MACY SPALDING

Biography

Presentations are communication

tools that can be used as lectures.

Career in History
HISTORIAN
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HIGHLIGHT
tools that can be used as lectures.
HISTORY WILL ALWAYS
SHAPE THE PRESENT.

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CLASS ASSISTANTS

Jason Valencia Liandra Oakes Mara Tran

PhD Candidate TA Graduate Undergrad TA

Assistant
 Why did you choose this course?
Presentations are tools.
HOMEWORK FOR
NEXT CLASS
What makes history interesting
to you?
Presentations are tools.

How will you apply what you

learned to your life?
Presentations are tools.
REQUIRED
READINGS Reading History for Students
By Dana Blakemoor

What Makes the Past

Important
By Chrissy Malpert

History & Those Who Made It

By Blake Chuang