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Job of the Historian

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History   finding out about the past using sources.  
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Sources   sources are evidence. There are three types of sources written e.g documents and newspapers, viual e.g photographs and paintings and oral e.g interviews and recordings.  
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Primary Sources   came from the time being studied e.g birth certificate or census.  
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Secondary Sources   came after the time being studied e.g textbook or biography.  
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Archive   buildings that store mainly written sources.  
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Museum   buildings that store mainly objects.  
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Propaganda   a campaign directed at a targeted audience designed to influence opinions, beliefs and emotions to bring specific alterations in behaviour.  
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Bias   inclination or preference either for or against an individual or group that interferes with impartial judgement.  
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Prejudice   adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.  
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Biography   description or account of someone's life, which is usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form  
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Chronology   putting events in order of time.  
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AutoBiography   non-fiction in which a person tells the story of his or her life.  
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Manuscripts   documents written by hand; as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way.  
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Artefacts   man-made objects e.g coins and spears  
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