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How do we know...

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Primary and Secondary Sources Sourcing, Corroboration, and Contextualization.

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How do we know...

What we know about history?
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Primary Source

  • A piece of evidence that was present during or created during a particular event or time period and provides a "firsthand" account.
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Secondary Source

  • Evidence that was created AFTER an event or time period and provides a "secondhand" account of what happened.
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Sourcing

  • The act of questioning the trustworthiness of a piece of evidence.
  • How might bias or perspective shape a story?
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Contextualization

  • Contextualization places a piece of evidence in a certain place in space (where) and time (when.)
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Corroboration

  • Comparing two or more pieces of evidence and seeing where the facts overlap or where they differ.
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