1. Investigating the past
Mr Daly
Investigating the past
Saturday, 12 January 2019
Learning Objectives
Usefulness of Sources
Learning Outcomes
Identify and interpret sources for their accuracy and bias
Activities
Notes from slides
Laptop Task
Source activity
Video

2. The definitions Mr Daly His·to·ri·an
Saturday, 12 January 2019
His·to·ri·an
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.
How does a Historian investigate the past?
Ar·chae·ol·o·gist
The scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artefacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
How does an Archaeologist investigate the past?
Chro·nolo·ger
The persona and science that deals with the determination of dates and the sequence of events.
How does a Chronologer investigate the past?

3. What are the questions we ask a source?
Source Analysis…
What are the questions we ask a source?
WHAT?
What is the Source? What is it trying to tell us?
WHO?
Who made the Source? Who is it about?
WHEN?
When was the Source made/found?
WHERE?
Where was the Source made/found?
WHY?
Why was the source made?
HOW?
How was the source made?

4. How can we use a source as Evidence?
Is it Reliable?
Is it Useful?
What is its Perspective?
Can it be trusted?
Can it be used?
Who made it?
Why does it exist at all?

6. WHAT?
WHO?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
HOW?
RELIABLE?
USEFUL?

7. WHAT?
WHO?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
HOW?
RELIABLE?
USEFUL?

8. WHAT?
WHO?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
HOW?
RELIABLE?
USEFUL?

9. WHAT?
WHO?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
HOW?
RELIABLE?
USEFUL?

10. WHAT?
WHO?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
HOW?
RELIABLE?
USEFUL?

11. Find 2 primary sources and answer;
ICT Task
Find 2 primary sources and answer;
WHAT?
Is it Reliable?
Is it Useful?
WHO?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
HOW?

13. The “Cause and effect” relationship
Historical Events
The “Cause and effect” relationship
Historians often study the cause and effect of an event to gain a better understanding
Cause
Effect
What happened?
Who was involved?
What was the result?
Has it influenced the future?

14. ICT Task: What was the cause and effect of your person on history?
Identify a significant person from the past
Examine the motives for that persons actions in the past
Explain the consequences of that persons actions
Provide evidence (sources) in your response…
Historian “X” states that the consequences created by the person are…
The Causes
How did they get to where they are?
What did they do?
Who was involved?
The Effects
What was the outcome or result?
What is their importance or significance?
Has it influenced the future?

15. Volunteers! You are competing against one another to create for me;
Group 1 creates: A Primary Source: Name it and define it to the class
Group 2 creates: A Secondary Source: Name it and define it to the class
Group 3 creates: A Source an Archaeologist would use: Name it and define it to the class
Group 4 creates: A Source a Historian would use: Name it and define it to the class
Group 5 creates: A Source a Chronologer would use: Name it and define it to the class
Group 6 creates: A Reliable source a Historian would use: Name it and define it to the class
Group 7 creates: A Useful source a Historian would use: Name it and define it to the class