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Historians
• What do they do?• Reconstruct (Remake)
the past
• Why study history?• History serves as a bank
of examples for contemplating present problems.
• What tools do they use?
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Think like a Historian, Look for:
• bias• evidence• argument• sources• Context of the period the document was
written
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“Just the Facts”?• Historical facts by themselves are
meaningless.
• Historical facts are only important when we give them meaning.
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TOK syllabus & History:4 strands
I. Nature of History II.Methods of Gaining KnowledgeIII.History and Knowledge ClaimsIV. History and Values
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Nature of History• What is the significance of Carlyle’s view
that “The history of the world is but the biography of great men?’”
• “Great man,” Socrates, Napoleon, Bismarck, Lincoln, Stalin, Mao, Hitler
• Time magazine’s recent response in their “Person of the Year” issue
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Nature of History
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell
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Methods of Gaining Knowledge
How far can we speak with certainty about anything in the past?”
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Methods of Gaining Knowledge
“How does the context within which historians live affect historical knowledge?”
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History and Values Are the lives of some groups of people more
historically significant than the lives of others?
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History and Values
Should value-laden terms, such as hero or freedom, always be avoided?
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History and Values
Can history be used for propaganda? If so, how?”
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History and Knowledge Claims
Can history provide a guide to understanding
current affairs?