Being a Historian Vocabulary

History

• the study of the past

• a person who studies the past

• the order something happens in

Historian

• The study of the past

• a person who studies the past

• something written by a person who was not at the event

Evidence

• a graphic that shows the order that events took place

• The study of the past

• To prove that something is true

Primary Source

• evidence

• a recording of an event by the people who saw or were there when it happened

• something written by a person who was not at the event

Secondary Source

• evidence

• a recording of an event by the people who saw or were there when it happened

• something written by a person who was not at the event

Chronological Order

• the order something happens in

• the way a person looks at and thinks aout something

• the reason why something happened

Timeline

• chronological order

• a graphic that shows the order that events took place in

• the result of what happened

Point of View

• The way a person looks at and thinks about something

• a person who studies the past

• the reason why something happened

Cause

• the result of what happened

• to prove that something is true

• the reason why something happened

Effect

• to prove that something is true

• the result of what happened

• the reason why something happened