Y7 History Sources

A primary source is something from the time of the event being studied.

• True

• False

Which of these is a primary source?

• Bone of a Roman Gladiator

• TV Drama Series about the Romans

• Model of the Colosseum made in 2022

• A podcast about Julius Caesar

A film such as Gladiator would be classified as what type of source?

• Secondary visual

• Primary visual

• Secondary Oral

• Primary Oral

A clay pot would be classified as which type of source?

• Material

• Written

• Visual

• Oral

A voice recording of Hitler giving a speech during World War Two is what type of source?

• Primary Oral

• Primary Written

• Primary Material

• Primary Visual

Secondary sources are useless to a historian because the person who created it wasn't there at the time.

• True

• False

A diary would be classified as which type of source?

• Primary Written

• Primary Visual

• Secondary Material

• Secondary Oral

Palynology is which of the following scientific techniques?

• Studying pollen grains to see what plants lived in an area

• Looking at growth rings in trees to calculate how old a piece of wood is

• Looking at the layers of the soil to judge the relative date of buried objects

• Measuring levels of fluorine in bones to see how long they were buried

Dendrochronology is which of the following scientific techniques?

• Studying pollen grains to see what plants lived in an area

• Looking at growth rings in trees to calculate how old a piece of wood is

• Looking at the layers of the soil to judge the relative date of buried objects

• Measuring levels of fluorine in bones to see how long they were buried

Stratigraphy is which of the following scientific techniques?

• Studying pollen grains to see what plants lived in an area

• Looking at growth rings in trees to calculate how old a piece of wood is

• Looking at the layers of the soil to judge the relative date of buried objects

• Measuring levels of fluorine in bones to see how long they were buried