History Form 1 Term 1 Flashcards
Define period
A chunk of time
Define chronological
In date order
Define BC
Before Christ
Define AD
Anno Domini
Define
Decade
Century
Millennium
10
100
1000 years
Define anachronism
Object in wrong time period
Define hypothesis
A possible answer to a question that needs checked using sources
Define enquiry
Asking and answering questions about the past
Define source
A document or artefact from the past
Define archaeology
Discovering and investigating artefacts from the past
Define reliable
Can be trusted
What is History
The study of past events
Where does word history come from
Greek = inquiry
“Knowledge gained by investigations”
How do you do a historical enquiry?
Gather evidence
Sort evidence e.g. Chronologically
Ask questions
Draw conclusions
What are the 2 types of historical evidence
Primary
Secondary
What is primary evidence?
Written at or from that time
Or
Written after that time BY A FIRST HAND WITNESS
What is secondary evidence?
A second hand account formed from primary evidence - e.g. The writer was not there at the time
What century is 1066 1852 1996 2016
11 th
19th
20th
21st
Give examples of historical sources (evidence)
Book Diary Newspaper Advert Poster Photo Film Object Poem Physical artefacts
What 5 questions must we ask to see if a source is reliable/trustworthy/useful?
5 WWWWW ‘s
1) what? Fact or opinion
2) who? Identity + their attitudes and beliefs
3) why? Their aim or goal in producing it
4) when? Primary or secondary - dates
5) where? Their location
What is difference between fact and opinion?
Fact
Actually happened
Opinion
Someone’s view about what happened
What is bias?
A view favouring one side only.
