BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT HISTORY AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

1. WHAT IS HISTORY??

2. WHAT IS HISTORY???
● HISTORY IS THE DISCOVERY, COLLECTION,
ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION OF
INFORMATION ABOUT PAST EVENTS.

3. HOW DO YOU EXAMINE HISTORIC
EVENTS???
● THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO EXAMINE
HISTORIC EVENTS
● PRIMARY SOURCES
● SECONDARY SOURCES

4. WHAT ARE PRIMARY SOURCES??
● PRIMARY SOURCES
ARE THE ORIGINAL
RECORDS CREATED
BY FIRSTHAND
WITNESSES OF AN
EVENT.
● EXAMPLES: INTERVIEWS,
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS,
VIDEOS, LAWS

5. WHAT ARE SECONDARY
SOURCES??
● A SECONDARY
SOURCES IS AN
ACCOUNT
PROVIDED AFTER
THE FACT BY
PEOPLE WHO DID
NOT DIRECTLY
WITNESS OR
PARTICIPATE IN
THE EVENT
● EXAMPLES: YOUR
TEXTBOOK,
ENCYCLOPEDIAS

6. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE
PRIMARY SOURCE IS REAL??
● WHEN DEALING
WITH A PRIMARY
SOURCE, IT HAS TO
BE AUTHENTICATED
OR EVALUATED BY A
HISTORIAN TO MAKE
SURE IT IS REAL.

7. IS THAT ALL THAT HAS TO BE CHECK TO
MAKE SURE THE PRIMARY SOURCE IS
REAL??
● NO, RELIABILITY
MUST ALSO BE
DETERMINED BY
HISTORIANS. THIS
MEANS DOES THE
SOURCES GIVE AN
ACCURATE
ACCOUNT OF THE
EVENTS

8. IS THAT ALL?? THIS IS GETTING
BORING???
● ONE LAST THING
● THE EVIDENCE HAS TO
BE INTERPRETED BY THE
HISTORIANS
● BY EXPLAINING WHY
THINGS HAPPENED IN THE
PAST, HISTORIANS CAN
HELP US UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY
AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN
TOMORROW.

9. ARE YOU LISTENING???
● 1. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HISTORY?
● 2. WHAT IS PRIMARY SOURCE?
● 3. WHAT IS A SECONDARY SOURCE?
● 4. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF A PRIMARY
SOURCE IS LEGITIMATE?

10. REWRITE EACH SQUARE IN YOUR OWN WORDS