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Tools of History: Chapter 1
Section 3
 Firsthand   information
  • Court documents
  • Speeches
  • Eyewitness accounts
  • Letters
  • Diaries
  • Autobiographies
  • Personal interviews
 Could    possibly be:
  • Written
  • Oral
  • A photo
  • A video
  • An historic map
  • Museum artifacts
 Account
        provided after the fact by
 someone who was not actually
 there…usually based on primary sources
  • Textbooks
  • Encyclopedias
  • Biographies
  • Articles/blogs written by historians
  • Museum interpretations
   Is it authentic- is it
    truthful? Is it what it
    claims to be?
    • Is it a primary source?
    • Is it actually from the time
      period?
    • Who is giving the
      information? What is
      his/her point of view?
    • Would that person or
      organization have a
      particular bias?
    • You can get flawed
      information if you do not
      check your sources!
 Do NOT use wikipedia!!! EVER!
 Look for .edu at the end of a web address. It may not
  be 100% accurate, but it is probably a worthy
  source.
 Check the time frame of what you are studying. Let’s
  say you are studying the Civil War. Someone who is
  living today can not be an eyewitness to Civil War
  history, but he or she may have collected many
  primary source documents to tell the story. Some
  people are known for their research of certain time
  periods. Shelby Foote is a good example of an
  expert in researching history.
 Watch   for bias! Does     “Historyis written by
  the writer use wording     the victors.”
  that shows a                • Winston Churchill
  particular bias about a
  person or event?            Would your textbook be
 Differing political,         different if it were
  social, or economic          written by British
                               authors?
  viewpoints may give
  different sides of an
  event.
 Cooking  utensils
 Catalogs
 Children’s books
 Almanacs
 Old photos
 Farming utensils
 Office tools
 Even graveyards!
   Absolute Chronology       Relative Chronology
    • The EXACT time and       • When an event occurred
      place of an event          in relationship to other
                                 events.
                               • This helps to establish
                                 correlations between
                                 events, cause and effect,
                                 or even lack of a
                                 connection between
                                 events. Think of the book
                                 If You Give a Mouse a
                                 Cookie, and you have the
                                 idea of cause and effect.

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Chapter1section3toolsofhistory 110809134731-phpapp01

  • 1. Tools of History: Chapter 1 Section 3
  • 2.  Firsthand information • Court documents • Speeches • Eyewitness accounts • Letters • Diaries • Autobiographies • Personal interviews
  • 3.  Could possibly be: • Written • Oral • A photo • A video • An historic map • Museum artifacts
  • 4.  Account provided after the fact by someone who was not actually there…usually based on primary sources • Textbooks • Encyclopedias • Biographies • Articles/blogs written by historians • Museum interpretations
  • 5. Is it authentic- is it truthful? Is it what it claims to be? • Is it a primary source? • Is it actually from the time period? • Who is giving the information? What is his/her point of view? • Would that person or organization have a particular bias? • You can get flawed information if you do not check your sources!
  • 6.  Do NOT use wikipedia!!! EVER!  Look for .edu at the end of a web address. It may not be 100% accurate, but it is probably a worthy source.  Check the time frame of what you are studying. Let’s say you are studying the Civil War. Someone who is living today can not be an eyewitness to Civil War history, but he or she may have collected many primary source documents to tell the story. Some people are known for their research of certain time periods. Shelby Foote is a good example of an expert in researching history.
  • 7.  Watch for bias! Does  “Historyis written by the writer use wording the victors.” that shows a • Winston Churchill particular bias about a person or event? Would your textbook be  Differing political, different if it were social, or economic written by British authors? viewpoints may give different sides of an event.
  • 8.  Cooking utensils  Catalogs  Children’s books  Almanacs  Old photos  Farming utensils  Office tools  Even graveyards!
  • 9. Absolute Chronology  Relative Chronology • The EXACT time and • When an event occurred place of an event in relationship to other events. • This helps to establish correlations between events, cause and effect, or even lack of a connection between events. Think of the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and you have the idea of cause and effect.