S1 Historical Skills

What is the role of Historians?

• Investigators who collect evidence to solve crimes.

• People who study human activity through recovering objects from the past.

• People who study the past and write about it. 

What are detectives always finding during cases?

• New Evidence

• New Ideas

• Old Theories

• Old Ideas

"An Anachronism is something in the past that should be there" TRUE OR FALSE

• True

• False

Identify the anachronism in the image

• Vase

• Clock

• Water Bottle

• The man's bow tie

Where are primary sources from?

• The time of the historical event

• The time after the historical event

Which one is an example of a secondary source?

• Suffragette Sash, 1914

• Anne Frank's Diary, 1942

• Textbook on William Wallace, 2003

• WW2 Helmet, 1940

What is chronology?

• Order of events from last to earliest

• Order of events from earliest to last

How many years are in a century?

• 10

• 100

• 500

• 1000

What does BC stand for?

• Before Christmas

• After Christmas

• Before Christ

• After Christ

Which century did the French Revolution (1789-1799) take place in?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th