Introduction to history 2
- Created by: Chloe Lim Min
- Created on: 21-03-13 06:46
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- Chapter 1: Introduction to History
- How is the past reconstructed?
- History is written through the study of various types of evidence from the past
- Historians attempt to explain what had happened
- History is written through the study of various types of evidence from the past
- Primary and Secondary sources
- 2 types of historical evidence
- Sources = collection of historical evidence
- Difference
- Primary sources = evidence from first-hand accounts, from witnesses or directly involved people
- Secondary sources = information from indirectly involved people, from non-witnesses, from second-hand accounts
- Primary sources
- Pictorial
- Written
- Oral
- Artefact
- Secondary sources
- Materials produced from studying primary sources
- How is the past reconstructed?
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