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Worksheets7° MH - INTRO (SOURCES)
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is archaeology?
Digging stuff
Study of ancient artefacts so we can understand what happened in the past
I ate sherbet
What do Historians look for that help to explain how and why events happened.
history
things
causes and effects
What are the historian tools
(a)
What is a primary source?
A primary source is something written or created by a person who did not saw a historical event.
A primary source is something written or created by a person who saw a historical event.
Oral history is
made up of all the written accounts of events.
made up of all the unwritten verbal accounts of events.
examples of primary sources are :
(a)
Secondary sources
are written after a historical event by people who witness the event.
are written after a historical event by people who did not witness the event.
A ______________ source is someone who witnessed an event and/or a live recording (journal, diary, video, audio) of an event as it happened.
primary
secondary
firsty
super-duper
A ______________ source is something that was compiled by studying/researching first-hand accounts, artifacts, fossils, etc. Example: a history textbook
primary
secondary
firsty
super-duper
Historians are like...
Politicians
Doctors
Detectives
Lawyers
An example of a PRIMARY SOURCE of evidence is a...
an imaginative diary entry
a diary you write about an event in history you have studied
diary written at the time of the event
An example of a SECONDARY SOURCE of evidence is...
a painting created in 1914 to represent a famous battle in WW1
a replica of the famous "Mona Lisa" painting by Leonardo da Vinci
an original painting by Dutch artist Monet
What type of source is the traditional story?
Material source
Written source
Oral source
History is the study of the past.
True
False
A person who studies the past is an:
police officer
store owner
historian
