HISTORY AND HUMAN LIFESTYLES
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Themes:
- what is history?
- what does it mean to be human?
History
- What is history?
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- R. G. Collingwood:
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- E. H. Carr:
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What is the role of the historian?
- fact
- evidence
- interpretation
- bias versus point of view
- ethnocentrism and chronocentrism
Application:
Why is history important to me?
Historical Methods:
- Read ___________________
- Write ____________________
- Work from __________ to ____________ and back again
- Understand different ___________________
II Human Lifestyles
- What does it mean to be human?
- What are human lifestyles? Why do they change over time?
- Neandertal, c. 100,000 B.C.E.
Paleolithic lifestyle:________________________
- homo sapiens sapiens 40,000 B.C.E --
- _____ relationship with the environment
- !Kung people: N!ai
Neolithic lifestyle: _________________________
- 10,000-8,000 B.C.E.---
- _____ relationship with the environment *
- adaptation:
- agriculture =
- physical:
- cultural:
- men and women
Conclusions
Can you connect the two halves of the lecture, history and lifestyles?
Explore!