History Skills Flashcards
Evidence
The thing that is used to support your answer
What are the 4 main types of evidence?
Oral, written, physical, visual
Which comes first, cause or consequence?
Cause
How many history skills are there?
6
Cause + consequence
The result and reason of an event
Chronology
Putting events in the right order
Anachronism
Mixing up timelines e.g. Queen Victoria on an iPad
Interpretation
Making up a likely story when there is no evidence to say what happened
Biased/Subjective evidence
Evidence with an opinion
Primary evidence
Evidence from the time of the event
Secondary evidence
Evidence from after the event
Oral evidence
Evidence you can hear
Physical Evidence
Evidence you can touch
Visual evidence
Evidence you can see
Written evidence
Evidence that is written down
Reliable evidence
Evidence you can trust
Cross reference
Checking evidence from more than two sources
CADO
Content, author, date, omissions
ADMCO
Author, date, mode, content, omissions