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How Does a Historian Work?
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After studying primary resources and determining their reliability, historians often write about their findings.
Historians make inferences , or choose the most likely explanation for an event
- must use trusted secondary sources to help prove their inferences
They explain their inference and their explanation of evidence from primary resources
Some historians study one field or period of history so much they become experts.
They may write about their research in scholarly journals.
Other historians may review these articles and prove them wrong or right.
A lot of historians will disagree about interpretations of history.
They will evaluate primary sources to support their opinions.
Historians have to study and research primary sources and analyze the information.
They have to figure out why the resource was created, when, and for what purpose.
- must determine is the source is trustworthy and reliable
- determine point of view which is the general attitude about people or life
In primary resources authors of the source determine what information is important.
Historians have to find point of view and determine if it is trustworthy.
Bias can sometimes cause a resource to be unreliable.
- bias: unreasonable, emotional judgement about people and events
How Does a Historian Work?
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What is the Evidence?
Primary sources are sources that are considered first hand evidence.
- written or created by people who were actually there
- help historians know what people were thinking at that time
- examples: letters, diaries, government documents, and pictures
Secondary Sources are sources that were created after the event by people who have studied primary sources.
-examples: textbooks, history books, and encyclopedias
Historians ask questions about history and look for evidence to solve them.
Evidence is something that shows proof or proves something as true.
-Artifacts can be evidence.
Other sources of evidence can be documents that were written during a historical event or about one.
Historiography- study of historical interpretations