historical sources

How can you be a history detective?

• Be curious and ask important questions, find evidence and explore for clues of the past

• Believe everything you see without asking if is true

• Repeating stories you hear without finding evidence

• Foward information you get from internet

What are historical sources?

• Any leftover of the past can be considered a source. A historical source is something that tells us about History.

• Are compilations of fake news and desinformation.

• Stories people tell in fictional books.

• Any information you find in sites like wikipedia or similar websites.

What are historical sources?

• Any leftover of the past can be considered a source. A historical source is something that tells us about History.

• Are compilations of fake news and desinformation.

• Stories people tell in fictional books.

• Any information you find in sites like wikipedia or similar websites.

How are Artifacts and fossils connected 

• They are both are found in the dirt 
• They are both important parts of history  that show us about the past.
• They are not connected 

What is an artifact?

• An imprint of a plant from long ago
• The remains of a person from long ago
• A food prepared or eaten by humans
• An object made or used by humans 

The remains of a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock is a__________

• artifact
• fossil
• archaeology

Why should we study history? 

• Learn about our past (ancestors, culture, advancements, leaders)
• Learn from our mistakes
• Create a better future
• All of the options are correct.

Historical sources give us information about....

• the past

• the present

• the future

What does historians do?

• They gather information from The Past

• I don’t now

• They gather information from The Future

• They read books of History

True or False?

"You cannot learn about life in an ancient society without reading the written records they left behind."

• True

• False