Sources of History

Question 1

provides evidence

facts about the past

Answer 1

sources of history

Question 2

contemporary; direct/first hand

enables own interpretation of the past

not only rely on others’ interpretation

Answer 2

Primary Source

Question 3

examples:

historical/legal documents
eyewitness accounts
results of experiments
statistical data
pieces of creative writing
audio recordings
speeches
art objects
films, videos, TV Programs
News broadcast

Answer 3

Primary Source

Question 4

diaries
speeches
manuscripts

Answer 4

OG Documents

Question 5

Poetry

Drama

Answer 5

Creative works

Question 6

pottery

Answer 6

relics, artifacts

Question 7

libro de matrimonio/bautismo

Answer 7

parish records

Question 8

includes business and personal correspondence, diaries and journals, legal and financial documents

Answer 8

Archival Materials as Primary Source

Question 9

Usually an assessment of an event/people/institution

Answer 9

Secondary Source

Question 10

examples:
articles in the newspaper
popular magazines
movie reviews
chapters in a book based on primary sources
evaluative scholarly journals
monographs
essays

Answer 10

Secondary sources

Question 11

combination of primary and secondary sources

Answer 11

tertiary sources

Question 12

examples: 
almanacs 
chronologies
dictionaries
encyclopedias
directories
guidebooks

Answer 12

tertiary sources

Question 13

consist of the techniques and guidelines by which historians utilize primary sources and other evidences to conduct a research and to write history

Answer 13

Historical Method

Question 14

components of historical method

Answer 14

External Cristicism

Internal Criticism

Question 15

aims to check the autheticity of the primary source

if its real or fake

Answer 15

External Cristicism

Question 16

checks the reliability of the source

refers to the accuracy of the contents of the document

Answer 16

Internal Criticism

Question 17

External Criticism’s requirements in validating authenticity

Answer 17

a) check the ink and the paper of the document
b) check the handwriting
c) check the style and language of the text

Question 18

Internal Criticism’s requirements in validating authenticity

Answer 18

a) How close was the author was to the event being studied?
b) When was the account made?
c) Who was the recepient of the account?
d) Is there bias to be accounted for?
e) Does informed common sense make the probable?
f) Is the account corroborated by other accounts?

Question 19

a professional in social science that specializes in the discipline of History

Answer 19

Historian

Question 20

main objective of Historians

Answer 20

research, study, analyze

Question 21

father of History

Answer 21

Herodotus

Question 22

Filipino Historian

Answer 22

Ambeth Ocampo