Server Costs Fundraiser 2024
Help our mission to provide free history education to the world! Please donate and contribute to covering our server costs in 2024. With your support, millions of people learn about history entirely for free every month.
$15714 / $18000
Lesson
In this lesson plan, students will learn about historical bias in ancient sources based on the example of Herodotus.
Essential Questions
- What is historical bias, and how can it affect our understanding of past events?
- How do the perspectives and backgrounds of historians shape their accounts of events and cultural customs?
- What can the biases in ancient sources tell us about the societies and values of the authors who wrote them?
- Why is it important to recognize and account for bias when studying historical sources?
Learning Objectives
- Understand historical bias and its impact
- Gain insight into the historical context of ancient sources
- Apply bias analyses to modern contexts
Skill-Based Objectives
- Analyze primary sources
- Enhance communication and discussion skills
- Develop critical thinking, inquiry, and reflection skills
Includes
- Lesson plan
- Teacher instructions
- Answer keys
- Primary source material
Subscribe to this author
About the Author
![Taleen Aktorosian]()
Taleen is a librarian and educator with a passion for ancient cultures, particularly those of the Near East, Anatolia, and the Caucasus regions. She is committed to promoting lifelong learning and providing quality educational content for all.
Free for the World, Supported by You
World History Encyclopedia is a non-profit organization. For only $5 per month you can become a member and support our mission to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide.
Become a Member
Donate
License & Copyright
Uploaded by Taleen Aktorosian, published on 06 September 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. This licence only allows others to download this content and share it with others as long as the author is credited, but they can't change the content in any way or use it commercially. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
