Joyce+World+History+1

= Mr. Joyce's World History I moodle: http://moodle.rsu1.org/course/view.php?id=114 = = Mr. Joyce's blog: http://rjoyce.blogs.rsu1.org/ = = =

9/11 Red D4 In class book reading with questions. Credit for completion not necessarily correct answers. Worksheet available at: http://moodle.rsu1.org/mod/assignment/view.php?id=2635

9/5 Introduction to course: how do historians figure out what REALLY happened in the past? (There is a Chinese proverb that says. “We see what is behind our eyes.” This activity introduces the concept of perception with a portrait of a Massachusetts colonist ("The Smith Portrait") in the 17th century. The idea it presents is that how our brain processes -- including our individual past experiences -- information causes us to perceive objects the way we do.)