1. THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN

Question	Answer
The story of the past based on evidence	History
5 types of sources	Written, Visual, Aural, Oral, Tactile
A source from the time being studied	Primary source e.g. letter
A source from after the time being studied	Secondary source e.g. history book
Viewpoint based on personal opinion or prejudice	Bias
False or exaggerated information	Propaganda
Three examples of where historians get their sources	Museums, archives and websites
Placing events in the order of time they occured	Chronology
BC	Before Christ
BCE	Before Christian Era
AD	Anno Domini
A number of decades or centuries	Age or Era
Historians prefer to obtain information from many sources to ensure accuracy	Cross-checking
The time before written records	Prehistory
The story of the past based on material remains	Archaeology
Objects made by people	Artefacts
Three ways archaeologists find sites for excavation	Aerial photography, chance discoveries and old maps
Three tools used by archaeologists while digging on a site	Trowel, sieve and brush
Dating an object based on how many layers of soil were above it	Stratigraphy
Tree ring dating	Dendrochronology
Dating an object based on the amount of carbon it contains	Carbon-14 dating
Example of how new technology can contribute to historical understanding	DNA analysis of bones being used to identify a person
Looking at history from the perspective of people who lived at the time	Historical empathy
Three pieces of information needed when citing a book written by an historian	Author, Title and Year

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	Created by Christian O'Connor about 6 years ago