Sources and Bias

History before the development of writing

• prehistory

• fossil

• artifact

• Oral tradition

The remains or imprints of once-living plants and animals

• prehistory

• fossil

• artifact

• Oral tradition

1. objects made by humans (including jewelry, tools, coins, and toys) that teach about the customs and beliefs of people of the past

• prehistory

• fossil

• artifact

• Oral tradition

1. legends, myths, and beliefs passed on by word of mouth from one generation to another.

• prehistory

• fossil

• artifact

• Oral tradition

 Sources produced during the same time period as the events they describe like events caught on cell phones or video.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Oral tradition

• prehistory

Materials that were created later by people who did not take part in the event and would study the original sources. Examples are like Ted-ed videos or Textbooks.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Oral tradition

• prehistory

a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favor that person or thing.

• Bias

• Implicit Bias

• Historical Bias

• Media Bias

1. Occurs automatically and unintentionally, that affects judgments, decisions, and behaviors towards or against a person or thing.

• Bias

• Implicit Bias

• Historical Bias

• Media Bias

1. When the source is strongly slanted towards or against something making the source one sided by using positive or negative language and leaving out facts.

• Bias

• Implicit Bias

• Historical Bias

• Media Bias

1. Journalists, reporters, or news organizations allow their own opinions to affect the news that they report and the way that they report it.

• Bias

• Implicit Bias

• Historical Bias

• Media Bias