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The Historian

Artefact - Chapter 1 - 1st Year History

TermDefinition
History The study of the past.
Source Anything that gives us information or evidence about a person, place or thing in the past.
Prehistory The period of time before writing was in use.
Historical consciousness being able to place ourselves in the past human experience, linking the past, present and the future.
Historian Someone who is and expert in, or a student of, history.
Archaeologist Someone who investigates places and objects left by people in the past, including the time before records were written.
Archive A place that catalogues and stores a collection of sources.
Museum A place that collects and displays objects for public education and appreciation.
Primary source A source from the time of the event, a first-hand account of what happened.
Secondary source A source from a later date; after the time of the event.
Artefact Any human-made object.
Autobiography An account of a person's life written by the person themselves.
Biography An account of a person's life written by someone else.
Census An official survey of the population.
Handling box Contains replicas of artefacts, so that anyone can examine them without damaging an original.
Accuracy Judging how accurate/correct the information you are using is.
Bias When an account is not balanced, but unfairly favours one side.
Exaggeration When something is represented better or wore than it actually was.
Propaganda Information that has been designed to influence the attitude of the general public.
Tactile source A source that can be touched; a physical item or object such as an artefact.
Chronology Putting events into the sequence in which they happened.
Reinterpretation To see something new or in a different light.
Cite To refer to evidence you have gathered or read.
Plagiarism Passing off someone else's work or ideas as your own, without citing their real source.
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