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Activity 3A
How Do We Know What We Know About The World Today?
Term | Definition |
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Source of Information | Anything that gives you news or information. |
Primary Source | Original records or first-hand testimony of an event under investigation. |
Secondary Source | Writings and interpretations of people who have reviewed the information in primary sources. |
artifacts | Objects. Examples can include buildings, clothing, furniture, jewelry,and pottery. |
credibility | Accurate, trustworthy, and truthful |
fact | A statement that tells us something about the world and can be checked for accuracy. |
opinion | A statement by a person giving his or her own beliefs. It cannot be checked for accuracy. |
accuracy | Correctness and precision |
bias | A prejudice that a person my have due to his or her upbringing position, or individual interests in a situation. |
perspective | The angle with which something is viewed. |