Flashcards
What are the five characteristics of a reliable primary source?
1.) The author is sharing the information close to the time period you are studying
2.) The author is someone who has first-hand knowledge of the topic
3.) The information the author gives is likely to have happened
4.) The author has no bias or their bias doesn’t affect what they say
5.) The information the author gives is corroborated
What are the five characteristics of a reliable secondary source?
1.) The author is an expert on the topic
2.) The author uses reliable sources to back up their claims
3.) The information the author gives is likely to have happened
4.) The author has no bias or their bias doesn’t affect what they say
5.) The information the author gives is corroborated
What three reliability characteristics are the same for primary and secondary sources?
The information the author gives is likely to have happened
The author has no bias or their bias doesn’t affect what they say
The information the author gives is corroborated
What does the word bias mean?
Being unfairly in favor or against something
What does the word corroboration mean?
Shared across other sources
What are the four reasons why it is beneficial/important to learn how to think and act like a historian?
- Helps you learn the difference between trustworthy and untrustworthy sources of information.
- Helps you develop empathy
- Helps you learn what’s caused the world to become the way it is
- Helps you build strong arguments and opinions
What is the definition of a primary source?
A primary source is something that …
- contains information about the time period you are studying
- was written/created during that time period
What is the definition of a secondary source?
A secondary source is something that …
- contains information about the time period you are studying
- was written/created after that time period
What do primary sources and secondary sources have in common?
Both primary sources and secondary sources contain information about the time period you are studying
How do primary sources and secondary sources differ from one another?
Primary sources were created/written DURING the time period you are studying.
Secondary sources were created/written AFTER the time period you are studying.
_______ are the people who find primary sources.
_______ are the people who store primary sources
_______ are the people who conduct historical investigations using primary sources.
Archaeologists are the people who find primary sources.
Archivists are the people who store primary sources
Historians are the people who conduct historical investigations using primary sources.
What does excavate mean?
To excavate means to “dig up” something from under ground
What are artifacts?
Artifacts are objects made by human beings.
Who are the people who collect, preserve, maintain control over, and provide access to archives?
Archivists
What is an archive?
Archives are places where written records and historical artifacts are stored.
What are the two different types of sources about the past known as?
Primary Sources & Secondary Sources
How is “History” different from “The Past”?
History are all of the stories about what happened. The past is what actually happened.
What are the four steps of the historical method?
1.) Ask question about the past
2.) Find sources of information on what happened in the past
3.) Determine which sources were trustworthy
4.) Create a theory about what happened using information from trustworthy sources
What is the goal of this class?
To learn how to think and act like a historian.
How many years of human existence are we covering in this class?
7 million years
The best historical investigations follow a four-step process called the …
historical method
If scientists do experiments and mathematicians do “math” - what do historians do?
Short answer: Historians do historical investigations.
Long answer: Historians do historical investigations to create historical claims about what happened in the past.
What is the definition of “the past”?
The past is what actually happened in a previous period of time.
What is the definition of a historian?
Historians are the people who …
- Ask questions about the past
- Study the past
- Create theories about the past
