Y7 Sources of Information

What is a primary source?

• A source that is old. 

• A source directly from an event or period in history.

• A source that is true. 

• A source that should be studied first in history.

What is a secondary source?

• A source that is new.

• A source that is true. 

• A source about an event, but not directly from the event in history.

• A source that should be studied second in history.

What is bias?

• Showing something is always good.

• Showing something is always bad.

• Showing something is good or bad based on feelings or opinions.

• When something is not true or unbelievable.

The best example of a primary source from the Shang Dynasty of China would be:

• A writing about Shang Dynasty bronze wear (1500-1050 B.C.) written during the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D). 

• A museum that contains actual Shang Dynasty bronze wear relics from 1300 B.C.

• A replica (remake) of Shang Dynasty bronze wear made in 2015. 

• A book written about the Shang Dynasty, published in 1996. 

The "Analects of Confucius", a collection of sayings by Confucius and his pupils written in the 5th Century B.C.

• Primary

• Secondary

A history teacher in YK Pao school explaining Confucius's sayings to students

• Primary

• Secondary

The "Ancient Greece" chapter in a 7th grade history textbook published in 2012.

• Primary

• Secondary

Reading The Iliad, an epic written by the ancient Greek poet Homer in the 8th Century B.C.

• Primary

• Secondary

Reading the "Code of Hammurabi" created in 1754 B.C., one of the first examples of written laws in history.

• Primary

• Secondary

Reading an article published in 2018 on a history website  about the "Code of Hammurabi"

• Primary

• Secondary