Why Study History?

A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Insider information

• Artifact

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Insider Information

• Artifact

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Insider Information

• Artifact

The collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events.

• Ocular History

• Olfactory History

• Oral History

The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

• Science

• Philosophy

• History

• English

An expert who studies and records the past

• Philosopher

• Artist

• Historian

• Musician

The study of how history is done, such as how different people perceive past events and how a source's point-of-view impacts its portrayal of the past.

• Historiography

• Bias

• Subjectivity

• Thru the lens

The arrangement of events in time

• Chronology

• Historiography

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

diaries/journals, letters, interview, photographs, speeches, magazine and newspaper articles published at the time of the event, memoirs, government documents, artifacts (buttons, posters, flags, etc.)

• Examples of Primary Sources

• Examples of Secondary Sources

Encyclopedias, Textbook and other Nonfiction books, Almanacs, Field studies (statistics, surveys), magazine and newspaper articles published after the event, biographies, etc.

• Examples of Primary Source

• Examples of Secondary Source