What does a Historian do?
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| archaeology | the study of the remains left by our ancestors
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| sources | evidence, such as documents and pictures, used by historians to find out what happened in the past
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| history | the study of events in the past and the story of human activity
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| prehistory | the period before writing was used, for example the Stone Age was in prehistoric Ireland.
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| primary source | evidence that come directly from the past, for example, diaries, interviews, government records, paintings or newspapers
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| secondary source | evidence that comes from a later date which was written or created after the event, for example, a text book, movies, a biography, TV or radio documentary and the internet.
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| bias | strong personal opinion about an event and tries to put this across as correct
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| exaggeration | retelling of events with added detail or information left out usually found with songs, stories or poems.
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| propaganda | to deliberately create a source which is bias to support the writers views or spread the ideas of a group.
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| AD | Anno Domini, the year of the Lord
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| BC | before the birth of Christ
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| decade | 10 years
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| century | 100 years
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| chronological order | to put events in the order in which they occurred
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