History Vocabulary

Primary Source

• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.
• Material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food.
• Lists events in chronological order.
• Ordering events by when they happened.
• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.

Secondary Source

• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.
• Material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food.
• Lists events in chronological order.
• Ordering events by when they happened.

Artifact

• Material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food.
• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.
• Lists events in chronological order.
• Ordering events by when they happened.

Timeline

• 10 years
• Material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food.
• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.
• Lists events in chronological order.

Chronological Order

• Material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food.
• Lists events in chronological order.
• Ordering events by when they happened.
• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.

Decade

• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.
• Material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food.
• Lists events in chronological order.
• 10 years
• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.

Year

• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.
• 365 days
• Lists events in chronological order.
• 10 years

Century

• Material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of clothing or a prepared food.
• Sources or records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event.
• Someone or something that is telling about an event but did not experience the event.
• Lists events in chronological order.
• 100 years