SS Notes

Multiple interpretations of an Historical Event

Perspective: A perspective, or point-of-view, is the way in which a person looks at the world. Shaped by our culture our parents and family, our friends, our schools, our religion, our role models , our hopes, and our fears.

Interpretations: Historians study the past through primary documents and then decide on a description of what happened. Perspective shapes interpretation So, we can get many different interpretation of one event in the past. All secondary documents are interpretations.

Human Rights & Revolution

Rebellion: An act of violent, open, organized, and armed resistance to an established gov't or ruler.(Most of the time it lose)Revolution: A period of history when many thinkers questioned the "Social order" and made theories of how things could be better

Human rights: A set of idea and partical things you deserve simply by being a human.Sometimes called "inalienable" or 'Natural" rights.

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