Think like an historian

information from someone who did not witness an event

• secondary source

• primary source

the study of past events

• history

• historian

a sequence of events in the order that they happened

• timeline

• chronological order

information from someone who witnessed an event

• primary source

• secondary source

the way someone looks at an issue, an event, or a person

• effect

• point of view

a person who studies the events of the past

• history

• historian

Information from someone who did not witness an event

• secondary source

• primary source

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 

3.__________________ a document, first-hand account, or other source that constitutes direct evidence of an object of study.

• primary source

• secondary source

• history

• geographer

4. __________________ a book, article, or other source that provides information about an object of study but does not constitute direct, first-hand evidence.

• geography

• primary source

• secondary source

• history