The Historical Process – Flashcards
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Primary Source
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a document written during the time a historical event occurred
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Secondary Source
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a document developed 20 years after a historical event or a source compiling a bunch of primary sources
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Newspaper, Diary or Letters, photographs
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Examples of primary sources
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Textbooks, biography
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Examples of secondary sources
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Historiography
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a study of how history changes over time
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consensus historiography
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a view of history in which the traditional interpretation is upheld
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Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay
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type of essay does not require that you examine and analyze secondary source documents
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Anthology
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historical text typically provides varying viewpoints about a given topic
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Bias
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cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something
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oral history
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the collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events
