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Unit 11 Why Historians DisagreebyAllen F.Davis andHarold D.Woodman

Unit 11 Why Historians Disagree by Allen F. Davis and Harold D. Woodman

ContentsWarm-upWords&ExpressionsText AnalysisSentencePatternsOral&WrittenWorkCBIWork6

Contents 2 3 4 5 Words & Expressions Text Analysis Oral & Written Work Sentence Patterns 6 CBI Work 1 Warm-up

PartSectionMain idea1. TheMisconceptions about the studyof historyA.paras.1-3introductionB.paras. 4-5Definition of historySelection of differentfacts abouttheA.para.6Il. The bodysame eventUseofthesamefacts fromdifferentB.paras.7-10premisesC.para.11Analvsisofdifferentlevelsofcauseand effectI. Theparas.12-13Inevitabilityofdisagreementconclusion

Part Unit 1 Section Main idea I. The introduction A. paras. 1-3 B. paras. 4-5 II. The body A. para. 6 B. paras. 7-10 C. para. 11 III. The conclusion paras. 12-13 Misconceptions about the study of history Definition of history Selection of different facts about the same event Use of the same facts from different premises Analysis of different levels of cause and effect Inevitability of disagreement

Work out theTextAnalysisanswers withII. General discussion of the textyourgroupmembers!1. What is the misunderstanding the authors are trying to clarify inPara.1?2. What is the confusion of the students put forward in Paras.2-3?3. What are the three definitions of history?4. What is the role of the historians?5. What is the main idea of Paras. 7-8? How are the two paragraphsdeveloped?

Text Analysis 1. What is the misunderstanding the authors are trying to clarify in Para.1? 2. What is the confusion of the students put forward in Paras.2-3? 3. What are the three definitions of history? 4. What is the role of the historians? 5. What is the main idea of Paras. 7—8? How are the two paragraphs developed? II. General discussion of the text Work out the answers with your group members!

Sentence patternsWorkonthis partindependently!I. Involved sentencesStudythegrammaticalstructureoftheseinvolvedsentences.1They will also find among many American political leaders a deepconcern over the balance of power in Europe, a balance that would bedestroyed --- to America's disadvantage --- if the Germans were ableto defeat the French and the British and thereby emerge as the solemajor power in Europe. (para. 8)

Sentence patterns ◆ Study the grammatical structure of these involved sentences. I. Involved sentences 1. They will also find among many American political leaders a deep concern over the balance of power in Europe, a balance that would be destroyed - to America’s disadvantage - if the Germans were able to defeat the French and the British and thereby emerge as the sole major power in Europe. (para. 8) Work on this part independently!

Makethe meaning of thesentence clear withSentence patternssimplerwords orshortersentences.Workingroup!II. Sentence paraphrase1. Most students are usually introduced to the study of history by way of afat textbook and become quickly immersed in a vast sea of names, dates,events and statistics. (1)2.Their commonsensereaction tothis state of affairsisto conclude thatone historian is right while the other is wrong. (2)3. Therefore the historian can only approximate history at best. No onecan ever claim to have concluded the quest. (5)4. The choice as to which fact to use is based on a theory-admittedly, inthis case a rather crude theory, but a theory nonetheless.(7)

Sentence patterns II. Sentence paraphrase 1. Most students are usually introduced to the study of history by way of a fat textbook and become quickly immersed in a vast sea of names, dates, events and statistics. (1) 2. Their commonsense reaction to this state of affairs is to conclude that one historian is right while the other is wrong. (2) 3. Therefore the historian can only approximate history at best. No one can ever claim to have concluded the quest. (5) 4. The choice as to which fact to use is based on a theory—admittedly, in this case a rather crude theory, but a theory nonetheless. (7) Make the meaning of the sentence clear with simpler words or shorter sentences. Work in group!

SentencepatternsIII. Sentence translation1. If historians cannot know everything because not everything wasrecorded, neither do they use all the records that are available tothem. (6)2. Sometimes this appears to be easy, requiring very little sophisticationand subtlety. (7)

Sentence patterns III. Sentence translation 1. If historians cannot know everything because not everything was recorded, neither do they use all the records that are available to them. (6) 2. Sometimes this appears to be easy, requiring very little sophistication and subtlety. (7)

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