Today's question is.... How do historians learn about the past? Historians learn about the past by using sources, sources are divided into two groups: written and non written. Written sources are anything like books, letters, songs, poems, speeches, business/ government paper, posters, magazines, newspapers, blogs, maps, adds... Non written sources are : fossils, artifacts, tombs, cities and oral tradition.
But those are only the main two groups, after that historians will separate them again into two different groups: primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources are the sources produced at the same time than the event, they are the most valuable and important. Secondary sources are the sources that were created by people that studied the primary sources.
There are three questions that a historian will first ask when he finds a source those questions are : Is it accurate? Is it valid? Is it reliable?
After that they will ask : What kind of source is it? When was the source produced? Where was the source produced? Why was the source produced? Who produced the source ?
If they are able to answer all of those question, a historian can say that he discovered a new part of history!
But those are only the main two groups, after that historians will separate them again into two different groups: primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources are the sources produced at the same time than the event, they are the most valuable and important. Secondary sources are the sources that were created by people that studied the primary sources.
There are three questions that a historian will first ask when he finds a source those questions are : Is it accurate? Is it valid? Is it reliable?
After that they will ask : What kind of source is it? When was the source produced? Where was the source produced? Why was the source produced? Who produced the source ?
If they are able to answer all of those question, a historian can say that he discovered a new part of history!
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