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Work of Historians
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| History | The study of the past |
| Historian | A person who studies and write about the past |
| Source | Something that give us information about the the past /like a letter 'photo etc |
| Primary source | A source made at the time of the event / newspaper from 1916 or a photo |
| Secondary source | a source made after the event /a history book or a documentary |
| Bias | when a source gives only one side of a story or is unfair |
| Propaganda | information used to make people believe something-often used by governments |
| Evidence | facts or clue that help historians find out what really happened |
| Archive | a place where important document and record are stored |
| Museum | a place where old object and artefacts are kept and shown to the public |
| Chronology | putting events in the order they happened in a time |
| BC | BC means before christ |
| AD | AD means Anno Domini/ Latin for in the year of our lord |
| Century | 100 years /1900-1999=the 20th century |
| Decade | 10 years |
| Oral | history told by people through stories and memories, not written down |