Chapter 1 Lesson 2 What does a historian do?

Pottery from an anthropological dig

• Evidence

• Bias

A soldiers diary

• Evidence

• Primary sources

And opinions expressed in a letter written by an angry leader

• Bias

• Conclusion

A judgment made after examining clues

• Conclusion

• Primary source

A chapter from a history textbook

• Evidence

• Secondary source

Cave paintings from prehistoric eras would be considered…

• A. Fossilized remains

• B. Historical data

• C. Primary sources

• D. Secondary sources

The study of historical interpretations is called….

• A. Anthropology.

• B. Archaeology.

• C. Historiography.

• D. Secondary sources.

An example of a secondary source would be…..

• A. The biography of a famous general.

• B. A hand drawn map by an explorer.

• C. The election records from a presidential race in 1860.

• D. A letter written from the battlefield to a soldiers wife.

Primary sources…

• A. Are usually unreliable, since the writers were probably biased.

• B. Were created by the people who saw or experienced the event.

• C. Can only be found in the reference section of large libraries.

• D. Include biographies, encyclopedias, or history books.