Writing History

Writing history

Let's put togeher everyting we know until now!

What's the difference between...?

Historical Event Historical Process

Historical Event

The 'Grito de Dolores'

1. Short event (days, hours, weeks)

2. Impact in a society within a specific region. .3. They are not isolated, the are part of a chain.

Historical Process

The Independence of Mexico

1. Connected historical events
2. Longer (lasts months, years, decades, centuries)
3. You can only see it when it's finished.

Now that you know the difference let's see

Let's focus on the historical process. We need 3 really important things to study historical processes. Let me show wich ones!

To study historical process

Time Short term (shorter than human life) Long term (longer than human life)

Space The place where the process took place. Example: The Spanish Conquest

Subject The people who is involved in the process

How to study history?

To study historical processes, historians must divide the information into different spheres. Let's see wich ones.

SPHERES

SOCIAL

POLITICAL

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ECONOMIC

CULTURAL

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