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Key Words to Define and Evaluate   "The __historian's__ task is to __understand the past__, the __human scientist__, by contrast, is looking to __change the future.__" To what extent is this true in these areas of knowledge.  Who is the historian? Can we all be historians? || Who is the human scientist? || Do we all have to agree? (schools of historiography) What do we mean by the past? Whose story are we telling? Does the historian or create history? || How do we measure change? What is the future? Is it possible to have a common vision of the future or is it dependent on the individual knower? ||  __Development Activities__
 * = **Terms to Consider** ||= **Definitions** ||= **Things to Consider** ||
 * = Historian/History ||=  ||= What is the process of researching and writing history?
 * = Human Scientist/Human Sciences ||=  ||= What is the methodology and what are the goals of the human scientist?
 * = Understand the Past ||=  ||= What qualifies as understanding?
 * = Change the Future ||=  ||= Do the human sciences seek to develop new paradigms or reinforce their existing ones?

1. Look up the dictionary definitions of the above terms and evaluate to what extent their different definitions change the meaning of the title. For words with multiple definitions, attempt to plug in each definition and see how it creates a different meaning. Select the definition for each term that feel makes the most sense for this title and add it to the above table in your own words.

2. Attempt to answer for yourself the questions posed in the "Things to Consider" column. Why are these questions important to answer?