EDEE 280 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scientific Method, Social Change, Quebec Act

• School: McGill University
• Department: Elementary Education
• Course: EDEE 280
• Professor: Paul Zanazanian

Document Summary

Elaborate more than powerpoint- can write in point form. Physical and human characteristics: the 5 steps of the historical method. pg 23 in coursepack, selection. The historian must ascertain who and what anyone else has written on the subject in order to avoid duplication of effort: collection. The collection of as many of the printed, written, and oral materials bearing on the subject as possible: verification. The verification of the sources as to their genuineness and veracity. The extraction and organization of the data pertinent to the subject under investigation: writing. Creating a plausible narrative, while taking the limits of available evidence and one"s subjectivity into account. The commitment of the findings into a meaningful and interesting historical narrative: the two main theories of aboriginal migration to north america. Over a land bridge (from russia to alaska). N. america was first populate by nomadic peoples from siberia, hunters who followed game over a land bridge across the bering straight into present-day.