Unit 1 Lesson 1: Historical Sources

Studying history or the past is like being a doctor or a detective?

Historians study ARTIFACTS in order to figure out what happened in the past. What is an ARTIFACT?

Which one of these is an example of an artifact or something made by human beings that can tell us about the past?

Do you write in a diary or journal, take pictures or make videos to remember events and people from your life?

How do you document, capture or save your past?

POP QUIZ: Primary sources are _______ documents or objects from the past.

POP QUIZ: Primary sources give us a _________ of what really happened in the past.