1. WORK OF A HISTORIAN 1 st Year History

2. Herodotus: father of history Greek Historian Written History, using papyrus

3. Prehistory Before written sources.

4. Archive: Place where written documents are kept

5. Museum: Place where artefacts (items used in the past) are kept.

6. Sources Can be: Written, Pictorial, Oral, Artefacts Ruins.

7. Primary sources: Directly from past, first hand information, from the time

8. Secondary sources: Indirectly, second hand, after the time.

9. Fact v Opinion Bias: using only the evidence that supports one side. Prejudice: judging before any evidence. Propaganda: using the media to promote one point of view.

10. Archaeology The study of buildings and artefacts. Finding the sites: Aerial photography (crop marks) Stories (Troy) Rescue archaeology (roads and buildings)

11. Excavations: Survey Diggers (topsoil) Map Sieves and brushes Numbering artefacts Laboratory

12. Dating: Stratigraphy Coins and pottery Dendrochronology Radiocarbon dating