Using Historical Sources
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Using Historical Sources :
Primary sources are interesting to read for their own sake: they give us first hand, you-are-there insights into the past. They are also the most important tools an historian has for developing an understanding of an event. Primary sources serve as the evidence an historian uses in developing an interpretation and in building an argument to support that interpretation. You will be using primary sources not only to help you better understand what went on, but also as evidence as you answer questions and develop arguments about the past.
The only way to find out about the people in the past, is to research the objects that the past people have left.
How do Historians use Primary and secondary sources:
Historians make use of evidence to study and explore the past. They use any thing they can to collect information about the past of our world. History occurred in many different places in the world. So each different country will have different history. To explain these mysteries, different methods have to be used...