Thinking Like a Historian

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Original records produced by the people who participated in and witnessed the past.

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Primary Source

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Documents, texts, images, and objects about an event created by someone who was not present at the time of the event.

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Secondary Source

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Which if the following is almost always a Primary Source? Newspaper, Biography, Diary, Magazine

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Diary

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An autobiography is a _____________.

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Primary

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Are secondary sources better than primary sources?

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False

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Are Primary Sources always old?

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No, Primary Sources can be contemporary.

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You are studying September 11, 2001. Which of the following would be a secondary source? A newspaper article written on 09/11/01. A newspaper article written on 9/11/22. Transcripts from phone calls made out of the World Trade Centers on 09/11/01. Video footage of the actual attacks.

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A newspaper article written on 9/11/22.

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To be in favor of or against something. How you feel about an event.

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bias

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Your textbook is an example of a

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secondary source

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What is an inference?

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an educated guess based on evidence & prior knowledge