What is history

Question 1

What is History

Answer 1

• A chronological record of significant events
• A study of the events of the part and how and why they happened
• A branch of knowledge that records and explains past events

Question 2

Why study history

Answer 2

“Those who are ignorant of mistakes of the past are doom to repeat them”

Question 3

Scientific Process for Historians

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Answer 3

1. Ask a question
2. Do background research
3. Form hypothesis
4. Test hypothesis (intensive research that examines all data or conducts experiment)
5. Confirm results and form conclusion
6. Publish results for other scientists to review
7. Either validated by peers or disproven
8. If tests and proven multiple times, becomes an established theory

Question 4

How do we know what we know about history when were not there?

Answer 4

• Written record
• Oral record
• Visual record
• Artifacts

Question 5

Is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event

Answer 5

Primary Sources

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Types of Primary Sources

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• Orginal Documents
• Creative Works
• Relics or Artifacts

Question 7

A source that interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. May have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them

Answer 7

Secondary Sources

Question 8

Types of secondary sources

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Publications

Answer 8

• Textbooks
• Magazine articles
• Histories
• Criticisms
• Commentaries
• Encylopedias

Question 9

Questions to ask yourself about sources

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Answer 9

• What is the source?
• When and where was it produced?
• Who created it?
• For whom was it created?
• What was the creator’s intent?

Question 10

Generally has a negative context, prejudice

Answer 10

Bias