Why Study History? & The First Americans

What is history?

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What is evidence?

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What is to analyze?

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What is an artifact?

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A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account. Like a letter.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A Diary 

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A source that comes later, second hand account. For example, a world history textbook.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Movie about WW2

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What is point of view?

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What is bias?

• A document written from the time period.

• A document written after the time period.

• Anything that might change a person's observations.

• A prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another