1.3.4. Reliability, Credibility, and Contextualization

By understanding historical context, historians can understand reason behind people's actions and why events occurred.

• True

• False

Historians can look for emotional descriptions, judgement, positive or negative ton to determine whether an account is affected by...

• Historical context

• Point of view

• Bias

Historians consider how reliable or credible sources are by analyzing its accuracy, point of view, and bias. Also making sure it is reliable by corroborating evidence with other sources.

• This is the main idea

• This is NOT the main idea