History

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary source analysis?Critical evaluation of original documents, artifacts, or testimonies from the period studied
2. What is history and why do we study it?History is the study of past human societies, looking at events, people, and how things change. It helps us understand why the world looks the way it does today.
3. How do historians find out what happened in the past?They look at primary sources like old documents, artifacts, and oral stories. They check if they are real, who made them, and if they show any bias.

Historiography: The study of the methodology of historians and the writing of history itself.
Primary Source: Original materials such as documents, letters, diaries, or artifacts from the time period.
Agency: The capacity of individuals to act independently and make their own free choices within historical contexts.