Wisconsin Our State, Our Story 1

What is a historian?

• People who study the future.

• People who study the past and explain it through stories.

• People who study nature.

• People who study rocks.

Historians are a lot like detectives. They . . .

• write about things that happen today.

• Google information.

• investigate the past and look for evidence.

• search for people who know stories.

On page 5, in your book, what is the picture telling you?

• The state capital fire.

• How much it snows in the winter.

• What the capital looks like today.

What is an example of a primary source of evidence.

• Google

• internet

• a book

• diaries and letters

The below items all could be good primary and secondary sources except..

• drawings

• photos

• new car

• artifacts