Wednesday, July 15, 2009 ' 4:40 AM ♥
1.What are primary and secondary source?
Primary sources provides us with first-hand information that includes written evidence, pictorial evidence, oral evidence and artefacts. Secondary sources are second-hand information which includes books, journal articles and essays, films, documentaries and cartoons.
2.How do historians make sure that their sources are reliable?
Historians check their sources using credibility, consistency and corroboration.
3.Why and when is it necessary for historians to revise their interpretations of past events?
Historian revise their interpretations of past events as other historians may have different explanation of the same past events , so they could compare and see whose has the correct explanations.
