Historical Vocabulary

Define Evidence

• A person's perspective or outlook on events

• Facts and information that historians use to reconstruct the past

• The process of finding meaning or significance of historical events

• Documents and other types of evidence created by people who were present during the events or period

Define Primary Source

• Facts and information that historians use to reconstruct the past

• A person's perspective or outlook on events

• Books or commentaries from people who were not present at past events or alive during that period

• Documents and other types of evidence created by people who were present during the events or period

Define Secondary Source

• The process of finding the meaning or significance of historical events

• Documents and other types of evidence created by people who were present during the events or period

• Books or commentaries from people who were not present at past events or alive during that period

• Facts and information that historians use to reconstruct the past

Define Point of View

• A person's perspective or outlook on events

• A Civil War soldier's diary

• Facts and information that historians use to reconstruct the past

• The process of finding meaning or significance of historical events

Define Historical Interpretation

• Facts and information that historians use to reconstruct the past

• Documents and other types of evidence crated by people who were present during the events or period

• The process of finding the meaning or significance of historical events

• Books or commentaries from people who were not present at past events or alive during that period