Block 1 History AOK by Helen Trajtenberg https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10 If you were teaching this to the new G11s, what are the big things they should know for your AOK? (10 mins no notes, then 20 mins to skim notes and add anything missing) en-us 2021-08-12 11:43:47 UTC 2025-11-18 03:45:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fa.png https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678351628 Study of the recorded past which helps us make sense of the present.]]> 2021-08-13 16:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678351628 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678351959 Historians have to be impartial only analyze what has been given to them, no emotions should be put into their work ]]> 2021-08-13 16:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678351959 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678352256 Perspective | Historians may have different perspectives of the past based on their affiliations and as a result may portray history in different ways]]> 2021-08-13 16:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678352256 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678353484 Using old evidence to study history]]> 2021-08-13 16:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678353484 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678353504 There's an ethical dilemma for historians, as they face the idea of potentially covering up history if something bad happened in order to not repeat it]]> 2021-08-13 16:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678353504 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354029 Their perspective should never be turned to a side or the other, they should present the facts to the readers or listeners ]]> 2021-08-13 16:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354029 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354228 It is important to consider multiple perspectives when looking at history, since the "truth" is hard to make out]]> 2021-08-13 16:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354228 Is knowledge from the past different from other types of knowledge? https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354395 Knowledge from the past may seem less practical than the natural sciences or the human sciences that attempt to understand the environment or to solve human problems. But history has a crucial role of uncovering humanity's heritage and works to preserve our legacy. An understanding of the past allows us to understand how we came to be and is a more philosophical type of understanding. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354395 it is impossible to be unbiased when recording history, most probably someone along the line was biset https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354781 2021-08-13 16:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678354781 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678355221 Historians rely heavily on primary sources, such as documents or artefacts, as those things are representative of the past and actually come from that time, while there may not be any humans left from then]]> 2021-08-13 16:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678355221 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678355527 using primary sources ]]> 2021-08-13 16:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678355527 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678356015 Issues of reliability of first hand accounts as their memory can be affected by their personal interests.  ]]> 2021-08-13 16:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678356015 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678356089 Tools: Books, paintings, artefacts.    ]]> 2021-08-13 16:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678356089 seek out multiple sides and perspectives of the same event, in order to be as accurate and unbiased as possible. https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678357063 \]]> 2021-08-13 16:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678357063 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678357322 Different types of sources have their own value in different situations. Testimonies can be unreliable if the historian wishes to find what factually happened, but they are very useful for understanding the effect it had on the people there.]]> 2021-08-13 16:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678357322 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678358821 History is often written by the winners; historians need to make sure they accurately convey all parts of a story, rather than just the part that's best known]]> 2021-08-13 16:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678358821 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678359114 knowledge and the knower, what do we know and how do we know it, what can influence our knowledge?]]> 2021-08-13 16:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678359114 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678359332 Historians are limited in their perspectives because they live in contemporary times and cannot fully imagine the past as it was. Some of the limitations of a lack of perspective can also be attributed to a lack of historic material. For example, because many Jewish books were burned during world war 2, it is hard to imagine what the past might have been like for Jewish people. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678359332 Responsibility https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678359743 People from the past have the responsibility of recording unbiased information from their time for it to be studied in the future.]]> 2021-08-13 16:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678359743 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678360004 History focuses on studying the past, while in the present, in order to educate ourselves about humans actions and whether or not to repeat ourselves in the future]]> 2021-08-13 16:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678360004 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678360018 Historians have the obligation to help teach the younger generations to not commit the same mistakes done in the past, they should remain true to what happen, giving us the right knowledge. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678360018 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678363448 Historians unfortunately only have access to a certain number of archives and manuscripts. The quality of the archives may be worn down by time, and it is up to the historian's judgement to discern whether certain pieces of evidence are reliable or not. For example, if only several flat earth theory newspapers survived in the future, then future historians may believe that the flat earth theory was the predominant idea. The availability of manuscripts may give off a sampling bias on the past. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678363448 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678364293 Interpretation | It is often the case where historical evidence is not certain and can result in different interpretations. When not enough data is available, Historians must try and interpret what they have in the most accurate way possible.]]> 2021-08-13 16:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678364293 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678367588 Historians have an ethical duty to publish and share everything that happened in the past without bias as much as possible. For example, Nazi and Imperial Japanese governments tried to cover up their numerous war crimes such as unit 731 and the concentration camps. But the current German historians feel an ethical need to teach history about the Nazi's. The Japanese however, do not try as much to teach about their role as an Axis power in world war 2, which is unfortunate and disappointing. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678367588 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678368365 justification, historians have to justify acts done in the past, maybe not just justify but clarify what went wrong and why. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678368365 Power https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678368728 History is written by the winners. Some civilizations that were colonized by more powerful ones have their history written for them, rather than by them. An example of is is Norse Mythology, whose earliest records were made long after the Christian influence took over.]]> 2021-08-13 16:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678368728 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678369035 Knowledge and technology may link to the AOK of history. Because of technological developments, it became easier to excavate and to find information about the past that was previously irretrievable. Technology is an important asset to further knowledge in history. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678369035 Objectivity https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678370235 The goal of historic inquiry is arguably to seek out the truth. In that aspect, objectivity is highly valued in History, although rarely found.]]> 2021-08-13 16:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678370235 Culture https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678373471 The bias inherent in the work of historians is always based on the culture they are from, as well as the culture they are writing about. Culture is crucial to the understanding of History.]]> 2021-08-13 16:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678373471 Certainty https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678375284 It is almost impossible to be completely certain about any events that happened a long time in the past due to a lack of eyewitnesses that are live right now. We do not have first-hand testimony nor have we lived through such an event, so it is hard as contemporary historians to discern what truly happened without levels of uncertainty. A greater amount of evidence may increase certainty, yet they may all be biased or fake. Government sources may be more reliable, but even they can censor some information. With the limited amount of evidence, one of the historian's greatest challenge is to decide which evidence to believe with certainty. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678375284 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678381597 Historians may be biased towards their own cultural perspective. For example, many countries around the world such as the Chinese exaggerate their cultural heritage such as claiming that they were descended from the gods(Even the Chinese characters for china mean "the center of the world"). Many other countries try to paint themselves in a brighter light as well, such as Imperial Japan or Goryeo Korea. All historians may be susceptible to patriotic ego. ]]> 2021-08-13 16:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678381597 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678385513 The more a source is used, the less likely it is that it will survive. Similarly, more preserved documents might still be around because of the efforts of certain groups, meaning that they run the risk of being biased. Also, buildings and other structures that remain standing until today, such as churches and castles, might give a skewed impression of how important they were; it is unlikely that they were widely used by the broader population, especially poorer people.

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]]> 2021-08-13 16:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678385513 Can one consider all pieces of history subjective? What type of text may bear more objective truths than subjective? Is their any expections to this claim? https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678397694 2021-08-13 16:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678397694 Is it ethical and fair to judge people from back in time based on current social standards? https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678400823 2021-08-13 16:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678400823 Is historical knowledge predominantly objective or more like a narrative which is agree on? gr343588_1 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678401380 No matter how objective the information may seem, if a group disagrees with the information, then we essentially can’t state that the information is exactly what happened. Even “facts” are pieces of information a person noted, but there is no telling what the person was thinking when they recorded the information. For instance, wars are challenging because there are two sides of the story: one that was victorious and the other that wasn’t. Depending on who recorded the information, the same events could be recorded slightly differently. Therefore, it’s fair to say that historical knowledge is more like a narrative which the majority of people agree upon.]]> 2021-08-13 16:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678401380 Is knowledge obtained from one piece of text or source? To what extent is this 'enough' to objectively produce and/or obtain knowledge from the past? What does this have to do with the subjectivity of this AOK? https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678403360 2021-08-13 16:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1678403360 Find your version of this note catcher we did in class, from the Abbie Casson Ted talk helentrajtenberg2 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1680516185 2021-08-16 14:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1680516185 Presentism ted talk helentrajtenberg2 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1680525476 2021-08-16 14:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1680525476 Find your version of this helentrajtenberg2 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1680528830 2021-08-16 14:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1680528830 helentrajtenberg2 https://padlet.com/helentrajtenberg2/md68fm1w86t5sm10/wish/1680529311 Mr. Altman's Objective/ Subjective visual 

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