Back to the Basics

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Back to the Basics

• Ms. Stevens

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You are who you are because of the choices and
experiences of your ancestors. Anonymous
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What is History?

• A Record of the Past
• Examples written documents, fossils, oral
  stories, artifacts (artwork, objects, tools,
  weapons)

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THE YEAR IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY LETTERS!?!?!?

• A.D. Anno Domini Latin meaning In the year
  of the Lord.
• B.C. Before Christ From the Ancient Greek
  Christos or Anointed One referring to Jesus
• C.E. Common Era a neutral term that does not
  have religious connotations
• B.C.E Before the Common Era also a neutral
  term without religious connotations

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What is prehistory?

• Before the written record.

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PRIMARY SOURCES

• Primary resources provide firsthand evidence of
  historical events. They are generally
  unpublished materials such as manuscripts,
  photographs, maps, artifacts, audio and video
  recordings, oral histories, and postcards.

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Secondary Sources

• A secondary source is a work that interprets or
  analyzes a historical event or phenomenon.

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Examples of Secondary Sources

• Biographies
• Commentaries
• Dissertations
• Indexes, Abstracts, Bibliographies (used to
  locate primary secondary sources)
• Journal Articles

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Tertiary Sources

• Tertiary sources consist of information which is
  a distillation and collection of primary and
  secondary sources.
• Almanacs
• Encyclopedias
• Fact books

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Citations

• World History Pre-History. Discovery Channel
  School. 2004. unitedstreaming. 31 August
  2006lthttp//www.unitedstreaming.com/gt
• http//rs6.loc.gov/learn/lessons/psources/types.ht
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• http//www.lib.umd.edu/guides/primary-sources.html
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