Ch1 Lesson 2 How Does a Historian Work?

Cave paintings from prehistoric eras would be considered

• fossilized remains

• historical data

• primary sources

• secondary sources

The study of historical interpretations is called

• anthropology

• archaeology

• historiography

• secondary sources

An example of a secondary source would be

• the biography of a famous general

• a hand-drawn map by an explorer

• the election records from a presidential race in 1860

• a letter written from the battle field to a soldiers wife

Primary sources

• are usually unreliable since the writers were probably biased

• were written or created by the people who saw or experience the event

The Domesday Book, created in A.D. 1086

• explained the discovery sculptures of warriors found in China

• contained information about the people and lands of England

Pottery from an anthropological dig

• bias

• conclusion

• evidence

A soldiers diary

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An opinion expressed in a letter written by an emotional leader

• bias

• conclusion

• evidence

A judgement made after examining clues

• Bias

• Conclusion

• Evidence

A chapter from a history textbook

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source