History and Evidence Learning Objective: To understand that evidence can take different forms.
Quiz 1.Can you put the following dates in order, starting with the earliest: 1066, 45BC, 1710BC, 124, 1914, 675BC. 2.How would explain to someone what a primary source is? 3.What do the letters B.C. stand for? 4.What do the letters A.D. stand for? (don’t worry about the spelling) 5.How would you explain to someone what a secondary source is? 6.How many years make a decade? 7.What other letters can be used in place of A.D.? 8.How many years in a millennium? 9.What other letters can be used in place of B.C.? 10.How many years in a century?
Answers BC, 675BC, 45BC, 124, 1066, 1914 (6 marks) 2.From the time/Of the time.(1 mark) 3.Before Christ. (1 mark) 4.Anno Domini.(1mark) 5.Not from the time/By someone who was not present at the time. (1 mark) 6.10 years. (1 mark) 7.C.E. (bonus = Common Era) (1 mark + a bonus point) years. (1 mark) 9.B.C.E. (bonus=Before the Common Era) (1 mark + a bonus point) years. (1 mark) TOTAL MARKS = 17
Types of evidence Evidence can come in many different forms. There can be VISUAL, ORAL of PHYSICAL evidence. Can you think of any examples?
VISUAL Visual evidence can take the form of paintings, photographs, even the geography of the land provides visual evidence.
Here are some examples of VISUAL evidence:
ORAL Oral evidence can take the form of poems, stories, folk law, and experiences.
Here are some examples of ORAL evidence:
PHYSICAL Physical evidence may be represented by a castle, or certain artefacts like pottery. Physical evidence may also take the form of monuments, built to remember a certain event.
Here are some examples of PHYSICAL evidence: