Thinking like a historian | The historian's toolkit | US History | Khan Academy

[@sanl.4778]

I don’t know why people are complaining and leaving unnecessarily rude comments. This is free informational content guys! I found it very useful. Please do not leave critical comments on superficial aspects like drawings and such; she is doing a great job geez.

[@johnbarrett8447]

While I was incarcerated in the Florida dept of corrections tablets were introduced and available for purchase by inmates. I was able to view a number of Kahn Academy tutorials. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to learn while in prison. The importance of education is huge. I believe one component in the reduction of recidivism is through higher education. Thank you Kahn Academy

[@MusicalInquisit]

Once you started to talk about "Thinking like a Historian," I finally understand why people love history, and it has to do with this aspect that was not taught when I was in high school. At least it is not too late, and I can finally think about history is a new aspect. Thank you!

[@dodoodood.9421]

When she said cooking mallet, I thought she said cocaine mallet lmao

[@kalyan7708]

SAME LMAO

[@Me-zs4rs]

She said croquet mallet.

[@elliem1328]

Same LOL

[@nieshamae]

Same...hahahaha

[@higgles9559]

@@Me-zs4rs R/wooosh jezz take a joke lmao

I'm a Forensics investigator and my work is pretty much like this! I never thought it was so similar to being a historian! :)

[@RestingJudge]

José Fontão ik it's been a year, but as a teacher of history it is remarkably similar! We historians while not looking for a criminal or such apply the same method to the entirety of the human story! I've never pondered how similar our fields are

[@Shinethelightonme]

I am studying to become a Forensics Investagator

[@bleezybutta]

Chanda Valentine Whatever 🙄

[@kevwhufc8640]

Jose's Fontao Surely forensics is about facts , a scientific process , ? Historians ( history ) is not a science, is not often factual , some facts , some times , but basically a story ,

[@bumble_crumble6521]

Your a novelist????

[@Peachy_PlaysRblx]

Some of y’all are missing the point with the nitpicking. “She said this not this and she said that not that!” DOES IT REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH??? This video helped me for my history class!

[@KYayaPoP]

i suddenly felt emotional when you posted this, a few days ago, i was considering about being a historian or maybe take history for my college but I'm scared to do so since my parents are hoping for me to become a doctor, i had no passion for anything before so I just followed what they said and became a science student, but I always seem to look forward for my history classes and seem to remember thing and answer them really well in my exams. so when this video appeared, it felt like God just answered my questions, but I'm still afraid of disappointing my parents, i dont know what to do, but I would like to say thank you because this video felt like it answered my call u can say

[@bbbo85]

it's a job that you will be doing for your whole life. do what you are passionate about not what others including parents say I know that it's easier said than done but it's still your life Think of telling them what you really want to do as your first step in taking over the controls of your ship

[@KYayaPoP]

thank you :)

[@blownspeakersss]

+Wondering Alice I'm not sure where you live, but in America you can certainly major in history and then go to medical school. Medical schools don't care what your undergraduate major was as long as you complete the prerequisites.

[@khanacademy]

+Wondering Alice Glad you liked the video! Sounds like you have lots of big decisions to make. You might also want to check out some of our videos on college majors and the college application process: www.khanacademy.org/college-admissions

[@awesomeme39083]

I have heard someone say. a female that the reason she was trying to get to be a doctor was her parents wanted her to. If she followed what her parents wanted her to do then she would have spent years on something she would not want to do ( college years/ university years: 3 years, 4 years). dont know what happened to her.

[@slowmopoke]

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[@elloumidouaa6394]

noted ;)

[@cameronsalehizadeh6232]

My history teacher recommended this to me, very cool!

[@janitha001]

Cause and effect is the backbone of a Historian. 😄

[@Ahsan-RN]

she called test tube a beaker

[@dylanfluty4381]

Thank you. I was gonna say the same thing. Although she was correct in saying it was indeed really bad...

[@thatcat7160]

same

[@tiermega8585]

why you care

[@unholybrat]

well she's not a scientist😂

[@ObjectiveZoomer]

She's... think like a scientist xD

[@hifostar]

hence why people who wear socks with sandals are always guilty

[@AreoSky]

bro she just explained something that my teacher is taking a week to do in a 8 minutes

[@Li1y_Chocolate]

This helped me a lot, I aced my EXAM cuz of this!😊

[@davidsigler9690]

History is the attempt to understand human nature....it's always fascinating.

[@gayatri6956]

❤❤❤❤ so much overwhelming for me thank you I am vilager who cannot understand so much material from the books and focus on important thing thhank you ❤❤

[@Nimbasa180]

lold at "poundering if the civil war was caused by slavery or States rights." 10/10 subbed/liked

[@awesomeme39083]

At 6:35 i really found it useful that the same piece of evidence can be interpretated differently. I would find additional evidence to support my previous evidence. Example: My theory is that the information in this exact book i got in my hand was used back in the romans time. My evidence is multiple paitings including a book with the same traits as the book i got in my hand. Do i have any evidence that it was used? Since i could not find any pictures/ photos from that time (it was not invented yet). I did find old documents with the infomation matching the book and the documents also have timestamps indicating it's from the roman time. The documents were found inside buildings in rome and it's signed by someone. The timestamps are matching the timestamps in the book i got in my hands. I did background research on the person who signed these old documents.I did not find information about who it was, but i found information about the belongings this person had ( example: clothes) when the person was found. I found out that analyzing those belongins i could more accurately compare it to the images we had in our time about how the belongins people had in roman time. Bingo! I found out those belongings are very close, identical to that of a teacher. Conclusion: My evidence shows That the book is from roman time, and it is showed by multiple paintings from (example: The walls in Rome). The book from the paintings shows identical traits matching the book i am holding now. This book includes timestamps that are also used on these old documents that were found in some buildings in Rome. The documents that included the same timestamps and information as the the ones in the book did belong to a teacher. I would then compare what teachers did with books from our time to what teachers could had done from roman time.

[@wardanijayanti4938]

One thing worth to mention to think like a historian: always think and reason chronologicaly 🙂

[@aysenerimanova4362]

This is an amazing video😍 (I'm a historian too,I'm learning history of ancient world,and this is sooo interesting❤)

[@andreipop5805]

How's your life as a historian? I'm trying to major in history

[@who-ny5oe]

I also love the history of the ancient world especially Japanese, Chinese and European history.

[@catadvocateNy]

I dont know if it's just me who cant stand videos that gives bunch of different examples in between that gets us distracted from the main topic. Just get to the point.

[@freefirefamily8116]

very informative video dear keep doing it

[@ArtOfTheProblem]

Excellent video

[@zaighamabbas3559]

thanks it is very very useful GOD BLESS YOU.

[@cameronsalehizadeh6232]

7:28 what if he wants to be comfortable and do both huh

[@aminlakzian]

awesome video, and I'm not learning history, I just happened to pass by.

[@kevinzhang6623]

Is the awkwardness intentional?

[@davidarroyo5343]

Anyone got the answers for the MNCareersWorksheet?

[@aimeethomson7806]

Listening for years

[@guillermolopezandres4164]

This is awesome 👏 thank you so much for sharing. I love history a little bit more thx to you 😁

[@sarim9574]

I wonder if you should add 'philosopher' as well. because any interpretation of the evidence, or justification for a theory is grounded on some premises or assumptions about what you are arguing about, in addition, what defines as evidence, and how much weight should certain evidences hold, etc, are all philosophical discussions. Philosophers would discuss and debate the methodologies of coming to a particular conclusion as well as the 'nature' of a particular thing.

[@Ryu_Kage.]

computer science major here

[@GreatTruth123]

Cyber Security & Digital Forensics major here bro!

[@jessiekylerjohnson7509]

Environmental science and conservation :)

[@krystaogles3884]

Computer science major. Just in the beginning stages though!

[@faerie5926]

Is it bad that I'm terrible at explaining things but I really, really want to be a historian?

[@user-zl8nh1bp6e]

I'm sorry, I couldn't understand that!

[@DrYou-Mbbs_edu]

⁠@@user-zl8nh1bp6e😂😂

[@kamalkhan8934]

Whats the software name used in video. thanks

[@jflames08]

its called fart art!

[@trollfalgar]

Great video, very clear... Thank you

[@lucia.marginean]

Amazing explanation! Totally enlightened me!

[@sheltonmelo5790]

I loved it! 🥰

[@williameleyet1940]

if lawyers are making arguments how can they decide on things and what to do?

[@williameleyet1940]

also if you were a lawyer what choice would it be to listen to a lawyer who is defending the other person in court if they wont listen to you not only if you need to get your person innocent BUT the other lawyer wont listen at all and arguses about who is innocent

[@Miitchyy]

Hypothesis. It is just a Hypothesis.

[@aberforth8297]

No, it`s not. It`s a theory. A theory is a hypothesis that is confirmed by other people who have access to the same evidence or raw material (or observational opportunities if you will), and reach through their own work the same conclusions. In history it`s exactly the same, although generally the word theory is used a bit more loosely. I`ve seen it used as both theory and hypothesis, but generally it`s theory. Remember, there`s a difference between the so-called natural sciences and the historical science, but the critique of the sources used is paramount in both.

[@TacticalSquirrel]

@@aberforth8297 A hypothesis is an educated guess. A theory is a belief based on evidence, but not confirmed by evidence. Facts are events confirmed by evidence. History is a series of events confirmed by factual evidence.

[@billyjeff2185]

@@TacticalSquirrel Thank you!!!!! You are right!!!! Let's not complacate things, with back flips , 360s, and mental gymnastics! So you win!!! Thanks again!!!🤠

[@billyjeff2185]

@@aberforth8297 sorry, you lost!!!!

[@Fudoobeer]

great lesson, thank you KA!

[@williameleyet1940]

you still need to do this

[@risalockwood1978]

he committed the crime of wearing socks with sandals

[@jimhadlow3405]

what notepad are you using

[@Miitchyy]

+Jim Hadlow I believe they use SmoothDraw

[@jimhadlow3405]

+Miiitchyy thank you

[@human120]

My grandma doesn't have an attic, she lives in an apartment...

[@farhatashraf1425]

Ist step causes and effect of every event passed in history

[@domojnr]

what was this drawn in?

[@baileyjackson8072]

I like listening to you, ya pretty smart matey. Kept my ADD self’s attention. 😁✌🏼

[@dangle0921]

yeah, lol that is a test tube. Not a beaker! Interesting either way.

[@isaacdo7389]

so what was the main idea?

[@farhatashraf1425]

3rd step argument evidence Events Defence Convince others

[@williameleyet1940]

what you just described was a old biker man who is a desiner. a SICECENCETIST AND LAWYER !!!!

[@khiana54]

Psychology Major here 💋

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology

[@alexeydizaster2285]

History major here, приветики🥴

[@blakewillford6320]

If the sock doesn’t fit, you must acquit!

[@williameleyet1940]

and is what you drawn was a hammer just has a different name

[@MrTUBEular10]

If the sock don't fit, then you must acquit. Wait that's not right...Juice..what else you got for me? Gloves? This just might work...

[@ttrestle]

Immediately clicked away when I witnessed the drawing and pauses between information

[@NONO-oy1cu]

Bruh I'm 13 why am I watching this.

[@tiermega8585]

because it a thing teachers like and it kind of intresting

[@bumble_crumble6521]

U and I both

[@vongunter9947]

Is that a Beaker!?

[@TheDrElaine]

Hmmm her voice sounds familiar I feel like I know her

[@padaisehikalh9773]

It's normal voice of khan academy

[@elliem1328]

SAME it is really sad and yes i am responding to your comment after 2 years lol

[@farhatashraf1425]

2nd scientific research, why🤔🤔🤔 reading,idea with deep understanding

[@thinminted]

I'm coping

[@williameleyet1940]

sorry new to class but NO you do'nt need to buy a something jacket

[@doodelay]

unbearably slow pace with the stuttering and drawing

[@Domination6000]

You get what your given

[@Tata-ps4gy]

Your mother told me I was slow

[@drelongman1]

My teacher said to whatch this

[@300Manuel]

its ok me too i feel you

[@cabinnie]

same here

[@prashastgirdhar1995]

SO SLOW WHY IS SHE EVEN DRAWING IF SLOW

[@jay4vrschemin]

shut up kid

[@jonathanmepham9568]

Thors hammer, Oden calls!

[@PuckVRC]

stuff just dosent just happen. what about pompeii volcanos just erupt

[@madisonwoodward123]

Who else is annoyed because they have to take notes on this?

[@williameleyet1940]

waa!

[@authormanningii5074]

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[@williameleyet1940]

#1 it could have been anybody and witnesses

[@sunriseenglishlanguageandc8654]

I like it

[@ninidzagania3459]

my major is history

[@florentbty6933]

an*

[@kevwhufc8640]

Thinking like a historian is easy, decide what era you want to talk or write about, Then wiki a few basic facts and write pages about what you think occurred, how you think things must have happened , based on the mindset of a country a people who cant comprehend anything beyond 500 years ago, so write or talk or create utube vids chatting nonsense . Thats an American historian in a nutshell ,

[@BaileyZLeone]

HAHAHAH LOL LOVE THE ART!!!! LMAO

[@johnbryce9105]

OH my gosh It's only a nine minute video because she keeps writing and drawing, just spit it out, give me the information please.

[@jeffreyjdesir]

Mathematics major here..... o-O

[@RestingJudge]

Jeffrey Desir most history majors struggle with math terribly 😂

[@josefabuaisheh6262]

So, you are saying historians claim but never know if what they belief is actually true? I don't know how I feel about this! XYZ happened is at least factually proofable! o.O'

[@americohagim1131]

Can you please stop drawing on screen whatever you say?

[@SumuduVNagodavithana]

You don't prove theories, theories are already proven. Hypothesis after proving become theories.

[@aberforth8297]

Yet they are only "proven" as far as we know. A theory is not "true" in the sense that it`s the Great Final Answer To How Things Are. That`s a hilariously arrogant viewpoint. It`s only "true" so long as evidence supports it. It`s the same with theories in history.

[@TacticalSquirrel]

A hypothesis is an educated guess. A theory is a belief based on evidence, but not confirmed by evidence. Facts are events confirmed by evidence. History is a series of events confirmed by factual evidence.

[@williameleyet1940]

whats a cocain maleter

[@moonatee_8666]

ngl i like david better

[@FizzyFizze]

Cocaine Mallet

[@williameleyet1940]

when were world wars and your WRONG about what you said. And i'd shave that white beard if i were you.

[@williameleyet1940]

good teaching

[@yumenonekooneiroi2994]

You seem nervous. You actions and words seem nervous.

[@davooGG]

This might be the most boring video I have ever seen