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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
1.What are primary and secondary sources?
Primary sources are information provided by people who were involved in
historical events or who witnessed the events.
e.g. Written, Pictorial, Oral and artefacts.
Secondary sources are the records of people who did not directly participate in or witness the events they describe.
e.g. Journal articles, essays and books
2.How do historians make sure that their sources are reliable?
Historians to make sure their sources are reliable by using the three C's and they
are Credibility, Consistency and Corroboration.
3.Why and when is it necessary for historians to revise their interpretations of
past events?
New pieces of evidence are constantly being discovered and such evidence can
provide new ways of looking at the past so therefore they have to revise their interpretations of past events. They revise their interpretations of past events when there is new pieces of evidence are constantly being discovered.
<~zhigang~> spooked at 3:15 PM
