Constructing History

What is a source?

• specific information or details that can be used for a specific purpose

• something historians use to learn about the past

• the story of the past constructed from evidence for in sources

• someone who studies and writes stories about the past

What is evidence?

• specific information or details from a source that can be used for a specific purpose

• something historians use to learn about the past

• a story of the past constructed from evidence found in sources

• investigation into a topic of history to learn more about the event or how people's interpretations of the event have changed over time

What is history?

• someone who studies and writes stories about the past

• specific information or details from a source that can be used for a specific purpose

• a story of the past constructed from evidence found in sources

• something historians use to learn about the past

What is a historian?

• investigation into a topic of history to learn more about the event or how people's interpretations of the event have changed over time

• someone who studies and writes stories about the past

• a story of the past constructed from evidence found in sources

• specific information or details from a source that can be used for a specific purpose

What is historical research?

• someone who studies and writes stories about the past

• investigation into a topic of history to learn more about the event or how people's interpretations of the event have changed over time

• a story of the past constructed from evidence found in sources

• something historians use to learn about the past

The study of the past...

• History

• Primary Source

• Decade

• Bias

A person who studies the past

• Historian

• Engineer

• Ancient

• Primary Source

Definition: something which shows that something else is true

• primary source

• secondary source

• evidence

• claim

• account

Definition: Finding out who created a source, when, where, and why it was created in order to see if it is reliable

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

Anything that can be used to prove the truth about something

• evidence

• context

• opinions

• bias