What Does A Historian Do?

Question 1

Sources

Answer 1

Evidence, for example, documents and pictures used by historians to find out what happened in the past.

Question 2

Primary source

Answer 2

A primary source is one that comes directly from the past. For example a diary from a person who was at an event, an interview with an eyewitness, letters or emails, newspapers, magazines or artefacts

Question 3

Secondary source

Answer 3

A secondary source is evidence that comes from a later date. They are written after the event. Some examples are history books, the internet, stories, films or documents.

Question 4

Pre-History

Answer 4

Pre-history is the period before writing was used. For example the Bronze Age. We use archaeology to get evidence from this period.

Question 5

History

Answer 5

The historic period when writing was used. For example, we know a lot the monks in early christian ireland because they wrote manuscripts.

Question 6

Bias

Answer 6

Historians are biased is they deliberately favour one side over the other

Question 7

Propaganda

Answer 7

Propaganda is using information to influence people’s opinions or to convince people that a particular belief is true

Question 8

Chronology

Answer 8

Chronology is putting events in order of time (when they happened)

Question 9

Archaeology

Answer 9

The study of the remains left by our ancestors