World History Units 0-1 Review

This type of source used by historians (and history students) was created during the time period or event. These sources are first hand accounts created by people who have first hand knowledge of the event.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

This type of source used by historians (and history students) was created after the time period or event. These sources are from people who do not have a first hand account of the event.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What type of source is this?

Your textbook

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What type of source is this?

An account of the battle of Tours in 711 CE by a Muslim historian written in 907 CE.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What type of source is this?

Letters from a solider at war to his wife back home.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What type of source is this?

Newspaper article about World War 2 written in the 1940s

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What type of source is this?

A documentary on YouTube

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What type of source is this?

A YouTube video of a speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

To understand if a source is CREDIBLE, you must consider point of view, frame of reference, bias, and perspective.

A general attitude about people and life.

• Point of View

• Frame of Reference

• Bias

• Perspective

To understand if a source is CREDIBLE, you must consider point of view, frame of reference, bias, and perspective.

The experiences and historical and cultural factors that influence a person or a group at a specific time.

• Point of View

• Frame of Reference

• Bias

• Perspective