Type of Sources
What type of source is an interview of someone that was alive during the event?
Primary Source
What is a Decade
10 years of time
What are items left by Humans called?
Artifacts
What is a Primary Source?
It is a source that is from the time of the event
Explain why a website ending in .wiki is a no-go.
Because anyone can edit a wiki cite.
What type of source is a textbook about history?
Secondary Source
What is a century?
100 years of time
what does an archaeology study?
People from the past and the artifacts they leave behind.
What is a Secondary source?
A source that gives information second-hand and was not from the time of the event.
Why is a .net a no-go cite?
because anyone can own and create a .net.
What type of source is a diary of a teenager from the Great Depression?
Primary Source
What is a Millennium?
1000 years of time
What does an Anthropology study?
People and their languages and culture.
What are examples of a primary source?
Why is a .com a website you need to be cautious when doing research?
.com are businesses and their purpose is to make money.
What type of source is a documentary about the survivors of 9/11?
Secondary Source
What is an Era?
A broad period of time characterized by certain events or features.
What does Paleontology study?
Paleontology
What are examples of a secondary source?
Why is a .gov a trusted website?
Many people fact the check and if they get the information wrong then they look bad.
What type of source is an autobiography of Harry Styles?
Primary source.
What were the big differences between the Gregorian calendar and the Julin Calendar?
Julin Calendar starts with the founding of Rome and the Gregorian started with the birth of Jesus.
Julin calendar lost 1 day every 128 years
Gregorian lost 1 day every 1000 years.
Artifacts are normally what type of source?
Primary Source
What does Bias mean?
When one opinion leans to one side of an argument then the other.
Why do you need to worry about where you get your information on the internet?
because when doing research you need to have factual information or your argument or point is invalid.