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  • Created on: 09-11-19 14:08
what is primary evidence?
evid that was produced at the time the historian is studying, evid left behind by the people at the time e.g diary
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what is secondary evid?
evid that was produced after the event the historian is studying, by somene who has looked at other evidence and formulated their own views of that sunbject
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a historical source
is a piece of evid that comes in many forms giving info
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to interpret
to try and work out the meaning of something
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to mis interpret
opposite of interpret- to get meaning of something wrong
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bias
information that favours something
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useful evid
helpful evid
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untypical
something that is out of character
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unreliable evid
evid that you can not trust
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provenance of a source
were the source came from
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evid that is good for info about peoples thoughts and and emotions at events in the past
primary evid
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good for vivid eye-witness accounts of events which describe sights/ sounds/atmospheres
primary evidence
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good for showing what has changed/remained over past centuries
secondary evidence
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good for showing differences between life today and life in the past
secondary evidence
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good for giving an overview of an event taking into consideration the views of al involved + how events build up over long periods of time + how the result of an event can last many years after it
secondary evidence
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good for simplyfying + explaining events that happened in the past, good at using language fit for the ag of the reader
secondary evidence
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good for showing how an event was portraid to people in the past e.g newspapers from WWII
primary evidence
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what is useful/not useful about a PM's diary
it is primary evid- useful for showing his thoughts and views at the time could be unreliable, giving the PM opinions about others and political ideas
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what is useful/not useful about a biography written by the PM's best friend
Secondary evid- good for showing what the author thought about his friend + could reveal secret plan's of the PM's, might be unreliable as could contain some form of propaganda +
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what is secondary evid?

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evid that was produced after the event the historian is studying, by somene who has looked at other evidence and formulated their own views of that sunbject

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a historical source

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to interpret

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to mis interpret

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