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Primary vs. Secondary
• What is a primary source? -an original source
What is a secondary source? -works that explain, interpret or analyze the “original” document, event, or work
How is time measured?
• YA= Years Ago• B.C.E. or B.C.= Before Common Era or Before Christ• C.E. or A.D.= Common Era or “In the year of the Lord.”
Turn to your partner and discuss:
When was the universe created? When did man first appear?
You are going to learn how you are a part of the continuum of time. You will need to create a timeline with the following events. Put a star next the events that interest you. You will do something special with these for your timeline. Also, jot down any questions, etc. you might have about the event.
15,000 YA
• descendants of Native Americans crossed Bering Strait and came to present day North America.
3,500 B.C.E
• First written language appeared in Sumer; cuneiform alphabet (mostly business transactions)
• Written language marked the beginning of “History”
1350 B.C.
• Moses at Mount Sinai- received 10 commandments
• Judaism- first monotheistic religion began
1215 C.E.
• Magna Carta: King John of England signed; first time a ruler was forced to accept limits of power
1492 C.E.
• Columbus sailed to New World; beginning Age of Exploration
-Balboa, Cartier, Coronado, Cortes, Drake, Vasco de Gama, Ponce de Leon, Magellan, Pizarro, de Soto, Hudson
1600 C.E.
• Colonial powers take over the New World:England, France, Spain and Netherlands claim land present day U.S.A.
1680 C.E.
• Age of Enlightenment: time period where philosophers used reason and logic to explain government
- Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire
1775 C.E.
• April 19; Battle of Lexington and Concord; began American Revolution (lasted until 1783)
1776 C.E.
• Declaration of Independence: declared independence from Great Britain- began “America,” adopted U.S flag
1803 C.E.
• Louisiana Purchase: Thomas Jefferson purchased western land from France to expand the territory of the U.S.A.
1830 C.E.
• Indian Removal Act: Andrew Jackson approved of the removal of Native Americans from the East Coast to land west of the Mississippi
1930 C.E.
• Great Depression in U.S.A.- began after the 1929 Stock Market Crash, lasted until start of WWII
1939 C.E.
• World War II: U.S.A. came into the war in 1941 with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7
1960
• Civil Rights movement: Martin Luther King, Vietnam War, John F. Kennedy- assassinated (1963), Nixon: Watergate
1970 C.E.
• Ford administration, Carter administration, Roe vs. Wade: Supreme Court granted women right to choose to carry a child to term
1990
• George H. Bush administration: Persian Gulf War; North American Free Trade Agreement
• Clinton administration: Brady Bill, Janet Reno appointed first woman Attorney General
2001 C.E.
• 9-11: bombing of World Trade Centre in New York
• George W. Bush administration: invasion of Iraq; Nancy Pelosi first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Obama administration: first African American President; Universal Healthcare,
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