A few Beginning Concepts

Interdependence and Social Organizations

Sources used to study History

Primary Source:Are materials that were produced during the historical period or very close to the period being studied.

Secondary Source

Are interpretations of Historical Events written by historians later in time.

Task: In your notebook list as many examples as you can think of for both PrimaryAnd secondary sources

Types of Primary sources

Legal Documents: Laws, Wills, Deeds, Bills

Personal Documents: Journals, Diaries, Letters

Contemporary Accounts: Newspapers, interview, artifacts

Electronic Documents: texts, tweets, email

Secondary sources

Books: Encyclopedia

Textbooks

Next Historians Analyze

Ask Questions

Who?

Who made it? Who used it?

Where?

Where was it?

What?

What was it used for?

What does it say or mean?

When?

When was it made/ used?

How?

How was it made or

used?

Why?

Why was it made?

How to evaluate a source?

• What date was it written in?

• What type of source is it?

• How did the source come into existence– Who created the source? (social position)– Do they have a vested interest?

• Is the author in a position in society to provide reliable information on a particular topic? (Credentials)

• What does the document mean to contemporaries- could the document be misinterpreted?

Inference

• An inference is an educated guess based on the information you have collected

• Make a chart in your book:Activity you did this morning

One object you used to complete that activity

Was that object made by yourself

Was the object made by others?

Interdependence

• Humans live in groups in society because they can best meet their needs and wants by working with other members of society.

Another Example

BreadFarmers Harvest the Wheat

Wheat sent to the mill tobe turned into flour

Baker bakes theBread

Truck delivers bread to storesConsumer buys bread from store

Your Task

Complete the interdependence assignment about paper is made by placing the number of different tasks involved in making paper in order.

Social Organizations

• Since humans live in groups and must interact with others within the society, we set up systems called social organizations to help us better meet our needs and wants by providing order and establishing rules to regulate human behaviour.

Types of Organizations and their purpose

Specific Social Organizations in our society have different purposes. They are essential because we need groups that hold more power in society to:• Help maintain peace• Make decisions• Create a meaning and purpose to life• Organize people into an orderly society.

Family

To provide for needs of adults and children.

Families contribute to keeping our population growing.

Education

To transmit culture from one generation to another and to aid in the socialization process.

Political Organization

To meet the needs of making collective decisions

Economic Organizations

To produce and distribute goods and services

Religious or Cultural Organizations

To create a sense of meaning or purpose for life.

To provide civilization with rules to build moralsand establish laws.

Your TaskComplete the assignment analyzing social organizations

Analysis Questions Organization 1:Education

Organization 2:Family

Needs met by this organization. (What is the organizations purpose?)

Demands made by this social organization. (What role does this organization play in helping society establish order by implementing rules?)

Sanctions used by this Organization (if deemed necessary)Consequences of actions both positive and negative)

Positive Negative Positive Negative

Amount of conformity demanded?(How do you change your behaviour to fit in?)

Is the membership worth the return? Explain. (Is it worth it?)

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