Why Do We Study History Vocabulary

What does bias mean?

• The sequence of events in time

• a long and distant period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

• A document or other record of past events created by people who were present at the time

• Anything that might change a person's observation. It can make a source less trustworthy.

A secondary source is

• a human made object

• information written after a time period by an expert or historian

• information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion

• a way at looking at something, shaped by many things, like the person's religion, age, job or political views

A primary source is

• a long and distant period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

• a document or other record of past events created by people who were present at the time

• A human made object

• Anything that might change a person's observation. It can make a source less trustworthy

Evidence is

• a way at looking at something, shaped by many things, like the person's religion, age, job or political views

• a human made object

• information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion

• The sequence of events in time

An artifact is

• a document or other record of past events created by people who were present at the time

• Information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion

• a human made object

• a way at looking at something, shaped by many things, like the person's religion, age, job or political views

Point of View is

• information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion

• information written after a time period by an expert or historian

• a way at looking at something, shaped by many things, like the person's religion, age, job or political views

• Anything that might change a person's observation. It can make a source less trustworthy.

An era is

• a human made object

• A document or other record of past events created by people who were present at the time.

• A long and distant period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

• Information written after a time period by an expert or historian

Chronology is

• a human made objects

• The sequence of event in time

• information written after a time period by an expert or historian

• a way at looking at something, shaped by many things, like the person's religion, age, job or political views

There are many reasons that we study history. Check all of the boxes that are reason for studying history.

• History helps us develop a better understanding of the world

• History helps us understand ourselves

• History helps us learn to understand other people

• We do not need to study history

• History helps us make better decisions